Osmiumtetroxide-based conversion of RNA and DNA containing thiolated nucleotides

ABSTRACT

Provided are compositions and methods for the conversion of thiolated nucleotides, and subsequent detection of the converted nucleotides in RNA or DNA. Also provided herein are compositions and methods for the metabolic labeling of RNA and DNA by incorporation of thiolated nucleotides, and their subsequent conversion and detection.

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/715,366, filed Aug. 7, 2018, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to the fields of biology and molecular biology, and more particularly to RNA and DNA sequencing.

2. Description of Related Art

RNA is one of the central molecules in all kingdoms of life and exists in an astonishing variety of subtypes ranging from protein-encoding mRNA, to splicing and translation-mediating snRNAs, tRNAs and rRNAs and to many different kinds of long and small regulatory RNAs. In the cell, all RNAs are constantly processed, modified and turned-over, and are thus parts of the dynamic system that translates genotype into phenotype. To understand the various roles of RNA, it is essential to study the dynamics of production, processing and decay of the numerous subtypes of RNA. Thus, methods are required that are able to assess RNA dynamics in a way that perturbs cellular processes as little as possible, that enable analysis in an unbiased and reproducible manner, and that are technically straight-forward and robust to minimize methodologically introduced artifacts. In the past, different methods have been used to study the dynamics of RNA, in particular mRNA. Traditionally, these included transcriptional run-on assays or time course RNA analyses coupled to transcription inhibition by actinomycin D, 5,6-dichloro-1-b-dribofuranosylbenzimidazole (DRB) and a-amanitin or by inducible transcription mutants (Perez-Ortin et al., 2013; Tani and Akimitsu, 2012; Russo et al., 2017). However, inhibition of transcription is highly toxic for the cell and leads to pleiotropic responses affecting stability and localization of many transcripts, thus confounding the informative value of such experiments (Tani and Akimitsu, 2012; Balagopal et al., 2012).

The most commonly used method for assessing mRNA dynamics has been metabolic labeling with 4-thiouridine (4sU) followed by detection of labeled transcripts by affinity purification and hybridization to microarrays or by deep sequencing (Melvin et al., 1978; Cleary et al., 2005; Dolken et al., 2008). 4sU-labeling is only minimally disruptive to cell physiology (Russo et al., 2017; Martin and Coller, 2015), although this is dependent on the concentrations used and the time of application (Burger et al., 2013). Thiolation of uracil at the carbon atom in position 4 is a modification that occurs naturally on tRNAs in bacteria but has not been found in eukaryotes so far (Machnicka et al., 2014). Eukaryotic cells, however, readily take up 4sU and incorporate it into nascent RNA (Melvin et al., 1978). Consequently, thio-substituted uridine can be specifically tagged by a 2-pyridylthio-activated disulfide of biotin (HPDP-biotin), allowing enrichment of the tagged RNA by streptavidin affinity purification and subsequent sequencing (Cleary et al., 2005; Dolken et al., 2008). Recent improvements to this method includes 4sU biotinylation using methylthiosulfonate-activated biotin (MTS-biotin), which strongly enhances labeling efficiency (Duffy et al., 2015). 4sU pulse labeling and pulse-chase labeling approaches coupled to affinity purification techniques have been widely used to study various topics of mRNA dynamics, ranging from synthesis and decay rates (Dolken et al., 2008; Zeiner et al., 2008; Neymotin et al., 2014; Burow et al., 2015; Stubbs et al., 2015), to kinetics of splicing (Windhager et al., 2012; Barrass et al., 2015) and transcription elongation (Fuchs et al., 2014), polyadenylation of mRNA (Kuhn et al., 2017), protein—RNA binding kinetics (Wang et al., 2015) and miRNA (Duffy et al., 2015) as well as circRNA biogenesis (Zhang et al., 2016). Moreover, cell type-specific transcription can be assessed by in vivo labeling with 4-thiouracil in animals that have been genetically engineered to express the Toxoplasma gondii enzyme uracil phosphoribosyltransferase (UPRT) in a cell-type specific manner. This enzyme catalyzes the conversion of 4-thiouracil to 4-thiouridine monophosphate, which is incorporated into RNA (TU-tagging) (Zeiner et al., 2008; Miller et al., 2009).

Taken together, it is clear that 4sU labeling coupled to biotin-affinity purification is a powerful technique allowing for detailed analyses of RNA dynamics. Nevertheless, quantitative separation of 4sU-labeled RNA from pre-existing RNA is laborious and relies on efficient performance of several crucial steps: 1) the biotinylation reaction, 2) the binding to the streptavidin beads and 3) the recovery of the RNA. Slight variations in any of those steps may compromise reproducibility and validity of this method. Therefore, new methods which eliminate the need for tag-based separation of labeled and unlabeled RNA and allow for direct distinction of both species are highly desirable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods for determining the presence of a thiolated nucleotide in a nucleic acid-containing sample comprising:

-   -   (a) providing a nucleic acid-containing sample;     -   (b) treating the nucleic acid-containing sample with osmium         tetroxide and ammonium chloride to convert the thiolated         nucleotide; and     -   (c) detecting the presence of a converted nucleotide in the         nucleic acid-containing sample.

In some aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample comprises RNA. In some aspects, the thiolated nucleotide is 4-thiouridine. In further aspects, 4-thiouridine is converted to cytidine. In some aspects, the thiolated nucleotide is 6-thioguanosine (or 6-selenoguanosine). In further aspects, the 6-thioguanosine is converted to 6-hydrazino-2aminopurine-ribonuceloside (6h2Ap). In some aspects, the RNA is total RNA. In some aspects, the RNA is tRNA, rRNA, siRNA, shRNA or miRNA. In some aspects, the RNA is mRNA. In some aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample comprises DNA. In some aspects, wherein the thiolated nucleotide is 4-thiothymidine. In further aspects, the 4-thiothymidine is converted to 2′-deoxy-5-methylcytidine.

In some aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample comprises DNA and RNA. In some aspects, the method further comprises purifying DNA and/or RNA from the sample. In some aspects, a portion of the DNA and/or RNA is biotinylated. In further aspects, the method further comprises purifying the biotinylated DNA and/or RNA. In some aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample is synthetic. In other aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample is isolated from an organism. In further aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample is isolated from a prokaryotic cell. In other aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample is isolated from a eukaryotic organism. In further aspects, the eukaryotic organism is mammalian. In still further aspects, the organism is human. In some aspects, the sample is from an organism that has been metabolically labeled. In some aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample is isolated from a eukaryotic (e.g., human) cell culture.

In some aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample is amplified prior to detecting. In further aspects, amplification is performed by PCR. In still further aspects, the PCR is reverse transcriptase PCR. In some aspects, determining the quantity of converted nucleic acids is calculated on a whole genome basis. In some aspects, determining the quantity of converted nucleic acids is calculated on an allele-specific basis. In some aspects, detecting is by sequencing. In further aspects, sequencing is Sanger sequencing. In other aspects, sequencing is next generation sequencing. In some aspects, detecting is by dynamic allele-specific hybridization. In some aspects, detecting is by hybridization of a molecular beacon. In some aspects, detecting is by microarray analysis. In some aspects, detecting is by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. In some aspects, detecting is by qPCR. In some aspects, detecting is by Flap endonuclease assay. In some aspects, detecting is by primer extension assay. In some aspects, detecting is by 5′ nuclease assay. In some aspects, detecting is by high resolution melting analysis. In some aspects, the method does not comprise an enrichment step. In some aspects, the method does not comprise affinity tagging the nucleic acid sample. In some aspects, the method does not comprise biotinylating the sample.

In other embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods for detecting the presence of 4-thiouridine in a bacterial tRNA comprising:

-   -   (a) isolating total RNA from the bacteria;     -   (b) treating at least a portion of the isolated total RNA with         osmium tetroxide and ammonium chloride to convert 4-thiouridine         to cytidine;     -   (c) amplifying the tRNA of interest; and     -   (d) detecting the presence or absence of cytosine at the         position of a 4-thiouridine in the amplified tRNA of interest.

In some aspects, the bacteria are metabolically labeled prior to step (a). In some aspects, the tRNA is amplified prior to detecting. In further aspects, amplification is performed by PCR. In still further aspects, the PCR is reverse transcriptase PCR. In some aspects, detecting is by sequencing. In further aspects, sequencing is Sanger sequencing. In other aspects, sequencing is next generation sequencing. In some aspects, detecting is by hybridization of a molecular beacon. In some aspects, detecting is by microarray analysis. In some aspects, detecting is by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. In some aspects, detecting is by qPCR. In some aspects, detecting is by Flap endonuclease assay. In some aspects, detecting is by primer extension assay. In some aspects, detecting is by 5′ nuclease assay. In some aspects, detecting is by high resolution melting analysis. In some aspects, the method does not comprise an enrichment step. In some aspects, the method does not comprise affinity tagging the nucleic acid sample. In some aspects, the method does not comprise biotinylating the sample.

In other embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods for metabolic labelling of a nucleic acid-containing sample in a cell culture comprising:

-   -   (a) pulse-labeling a cell culture with a thiolated nucleotide;     -   (b) isolating a nucleic acid-containing sample from the cell         culture;     -   (c) treating the nucleic acid-containing sample with osmium         tetroxide and ammonium chloride to convert the thiolated         nucleotide incorporated into the nucleic acid-containing sample         into a converted nucleotide;     -   (d) detecting the converted nucleic acid-containing sample; and     -   (e) determining the quantity of converted nucleotides in the         converted nucleic acid-containing sample.

In a further embodiment, the present disclosure provides methods for metabolic labelling of a nucleic acid-containing sample in a cell culture comprising:

-   -   (a) pulse-labeling a cell culture with a thiolated nucleotide;     -   (b) treating the nucleic acid-containing sample with osmium         tetroxide and ammonium chloride to convert the thiolated         nucleotide incorporated into the nucleic acid-containing sample         into a converted nucleotide;     -   (c) isolating a nucleic acid-containing sample from the cell         culture;     -   (d) detecting the converted nucleic acid-containing sample; and     -   (e) determining the quantity of converted nucleotides in the         converted nucleic acid-containing sample.

In some aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample comprises RNA. In some aspects, the thiolated nucleotide is 4-thiouridine. In further aspects, 4-thiouridine is converted to cytidine. In some aspects, the thiolated nucleotide is 6-thioguanosine. In further aspects, the 6-thioguanosine is converted to 6oxG, and the method further comprises treatment with hydrazine to convert the 6oxG groups to 6′-hydrazino-2-aminopurine-ribonuceloside (6h2Ap). In some aspects, the RNA is total RNA. In some aspects, the RNA is tRNA. In some aspects, the RNA is mRNA. In some aspects, the method further comprises a chase-labeling step between steps (a) and (b), wherein the chase labeling utilizes a second thiolated nucleotide. In some aspects, the first thiolated nucleotide is 4-thiouridine and the second thiolated nucleotide is 6-thioguanosine. In other aspects, the first thiolated nucleotide is 6-thioguanosine and the second thiolated nucleotide is 4-thiouridine. In some aspects, the method further comprises informatically separating the detected sequences into those having no conversions, those having conversions associated with the pulse label only, those having conversions associated with the second chase label only, or those having conversions associated with both pulses. In some aspects, the method further comprises determining the decay rate of the RNA from the group labeled with only the thiolated nucleotide from the first pulse-labeling step.

In some aspects, the nucleic acid sample comprises DNA. In some aspects, the thiolated nucleotide is 4-thiothymidine. In further aspects, the 4-thiothymidine is converted to 2′-deoxy-5-methylcytidine. In some aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample comprises DNA and RNA. In some aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample is synthetic. In other aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample is isolated from an organism. In some aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample is isolated from a eukaryotic organism. In further aspects, the eukaryotic organism is mammalian. In still further aspects, the organism is human. In some aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample is isolated from a human cell culture. In some aspects, the nucleic acid-containing sample is amplified prior to detecting. In further aspects, amplification is performed by PCR. In still further aspects, the PCR is reverse transcriptase PCR. In some aspects, determining the quantity of converted nucleic acids is calculated on a whole genome basis. In some aspects, determining the quantity of converted nucleic acids is calculated on an allele-specific basis. In some aspects, detecting is by sequencing. In further aspects, sequencing is Sanger sequencing. In other aspects, sequencing is next generation sequencing. In some aspects, detecting is by microarray analysis. In some aspects, detecting is by qPCR. In some aspects, detecting is by high resolution melting analysis. In some aspects, the method does not comprise an enrichment step. In some aspects, the method does not comprise affinity tagging the nucleic acid-containing sample. In some aspects, the method does not comprise biotinylating the nucleic acid-containing sample.

Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description. It should be understood, however, that the detailed description and the specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The following drawings form part of the present specification and are included to further demonstrate certain aspects of the present invention. The invention may be better understood by reference to one or more of these drawings in combination with the detailed description of specific embodiments presented herein.

FIG. 1: Schematic of the synthesis of 5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-4-(2-cyanoetylthio)-uridine-3′-O-(2-cyanoethyl)-N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite.

FIG. 2: Schematic of the synthesis of compound 2 from uridine. This step corresponds to step a of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3: ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) spectra of compound 2.

FIG. 4: ¹³C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl₃) spectra of compound 2.

FIG. 5: Schematic of the synthesis of compound 3 from compound 2. This step corresponds to step b of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6: ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) spectra of compound 3.

FIG. 7: ¹³C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl₃) spectra of compound 3.

FIG. 8: Schematic of the synthesis of compound 4 from compound 3. This step corresponds to step c of FIG. 1.

FIG. 9: ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) spectra of compound 4.

FIG. 10: ¹³C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl₃) spectra of compound 4.

FIG. 11: Schematic of the synthesis of compound 5 from compound 4. This step corresponds to step d of FIG. 1.

FIG. 12: ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) spectra of compound 5.

FIG. 13: ¹³C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl₃) spectra of compound 5.

FIG. 14: Schematic of synthesis of compound 6 from compound 5. This step corresponds to step e of FIG. 1.

FIG. 15: ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) spectra of compound 6.

FIG. 16: ³¹P NMR (121 MHz, CDCl₃) spectra of compound 6.

FIG. 17: Schematic of labelling and analysis of 4sU treated RNA. Cells are treated with 4sU and total RNA is isolated. RNA transcribed during treatment will be 4sU labeled, whereas previously transcribed RNA will be unlabeled. Total RNA (unlabeled and 4sU-labeled) is then chemically treated with OsO₄/NH₄Cl to convert 4sU into C, and subjected to RNA sequencing to achieve single molecule resolution for comparative sequence analysis.

FIG. 18: Transformation of 4-thiouridine to cytidine in short RNA. (A) Chemical structures of 4sU-labeled and converted RNA; reaction conditions as indicated. (B) Anion exchange chromatography trace depicting conversion of 4sU-labeled RNA by OsO₄/NH₄Cl. (C) Verification of the molecular weights of starting material and product RNA by LC-ESI mass spectrometry.

FIG. 19: Anion exchange traces and LC-ESI mass spectra of 17 nt hairpin and 42 nt oligonucleotides. (A) Anion exchange chromatograms of a 17 nt hairpin oligoribonucleotide (5′-GCGAACCUGCGGG(4sU)UCG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 25) before (left) and after (right) treatment with OsO4 (450 μM) in ammonium chloride buffer (180 mM). (B) LC-ESI mass spectra of the corresponding 17 nt hairpin oligoribonucleotide prior (left) and after (right) conversion. (C) Anion exchange chromatograms of a 42 nt oligoribonucleotide (5′-AGAACGUUAACU(4sU)C-AAAUCAGAUCGACAGAACUAACGAUUCG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 26)) prior (left) and after (right; 5′-AGAACGUUAACUCC-AAAUCAGAUCGACAGAACUAACGAUUCG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 27)) treatment with OsO₄ (450 μM) in ammonium chloride buffer (180 mM). (D) LC-ESI mass spectra of the corresponding 42 nt oligoribonucleotide prior (left) and after (right) conversion.

FIG. 20: Detection of natural 4-thiouridine on E. coli tRNA^(Val). (A) Schematic depiction of the tRNA^(Val) secondary structure. Known modifications are shown as circles and the degree of modification is symbolized by color as indicated in the figure legend. 4sU, 4-thiouridine, ψ, pseudouridine; m⁵U, 5-methyluridine, m⁷G, 7-methylguanosine; m⁶A, N⁶-methyladenosine, cmo5U, uridine 5-oxyacetic acid, D, dihydrouridine. (B) Quantification of 4sU (gray) and C (black) bases at tRNA position 8 in sequencing products of tRNA^(Val) (n=10; mean and SEM values of three independent experiments are shown for the 3 h/50° C. condition). Samples were either untreated or subjected to the indicated reaction conditions.

FIG. 21: TUC-seq allows for efficient detection of new transcripts in pulse-labeled samples. (A) Schematic of experimental design. Briefly, eGFP-inducible cells were grown, and treated for 1 hour with 4sU. 30 min into the 4sU treatment, eGFP expression was induced by treatment with doxycycline. The cells were then harvested after completion of the 4sU and doxycycline treatment. (B) Graphs on the left: U-to-C mutation frequencies for individual U positions in amplicon sequencing reads of the indicated transcripts. Each U position for which a C exchange was observed is shown as vertical line and the four different labeling conditions (see legend) were combined into one graph. Because labeling occurs randomly, there are different numbers of lines present in the different conditions. Converted Us are ordered according to their mutation frequency in a descending manner. Graphs on the right: Background mutation frequencies of A, C and G into any nucleotide (ACG-to-N) are shown in the same manner as described for the graphs on the left. Median mutation frequencies are indicated as white lines. (C) Relative contribution of labeled transcripts to the total pool of the indicated transcripts. Values were corrected for random mutation using values derived from the unlabeled (no 4sU, no OsO₄) sample. Mean values +/− SEM of three biological replicates are shown.

FIG. 22: U-to-C mutation frequencies in amplicon sequences indicate successful incorporation and conversion of 4sU in HEK293 cell transcripts. Left graphs: U-to-C mutation frequencies for individual U positions in amplicon sequencing reads of the indicated transcripts. Each U position for which a C exchange was observed is shown as a vertical line and the four different labeling conditions (see legend) were combined into one graph. Due to random incorporation of 4sU during labeling, different numbers of U nucleotides were converted in the different conditions. Converted Us are ordered according to their mutation frequency in a descending manner. Right graphs: Background mutation frequencies of A, C and G into any nucleotide (ACG>N) are shown in the same manner as described for the graphs on the left.

FIG. 23: eGFP is expressed from the Dox-inducible CMV promoter even in the absence of doxycycline. qRT-PCR was performed on RNA from untreated HEK293 cells and cells treated with doxycycline (Dox) for 30 min. Values were normalized against the internal reference gene GAPDH. The table shows the mean CT values of the qPCR reactions for an estimate of the abundance of eGFP.

FIG. 24: Transformation of 4sT-to-m⁵C in the 13 nt reverse complementary DNA oligo CR042. (A) Chemical structures of the reaction; conditions: 0.45 mM OsO₄, 180 mM NH₄Cl (pH=8.88), 4 h, r.t.; (B) anion-exchange chromatograms of the oligonucleotide before treatment and after 4 h; (C) corresponding LC-ESI mass spectra (5′-TAGCACG4sT GCTAA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 23); 5′-TAGCACGm5CGCTAA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 24)).

FIG. 25: Transformation of 6sG to 6-hydrazino-2-aminopurine in RNA and DNA. (Left) Shown are the chemical structures and reaction conditions for the conversion of 6sG-to-6h2AP. (Center) Ion exchange traces of the indicated oligonucleotides. (Right) Mass spectra of the indicated oligonucleotides. (UACCCUC6sGUCAUCC=SEQ ID NO: 28; UACCCUC6oxGUCAUCC=SEQ ID NO: 29; UACCCUC6h2ApUCAUCC=SEQ ID NO: 30).

FIG. 26A-D: HPLC studies are presented comparing TUC-Seq with TimeLapse nucleotide conversion.

FIG. 27: HPLC analysis shows that when NH₄Cl is substituted with TFEA (600 mM) in TUC-Seq, the reaction results in a complete conversion of 4sU into tri-fluorethylcytidine.

FIG. 28: An HPLC analysis showing that RNA quality is not affected by TUC-Seq and by TimeLapse-Seq treatments.

FIG. 29: An agarose gel analysis showing that TUC-Seq treatment is compatible with cell lysis or RT-PCR.

FIG. 30: An agarose gel analysis showing that TUC-Seq treatment is compatible with cell lysis or RT-PCR.

FIG. 31: An HPLC analysis showing that TUC-Seq treatment is effective even in the presence of chaotropic lysis reagents.

DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

To understand the functional role of nucleic acids within a cell, it is essential to elucidate the dynamics of their production, processing, and decay. Prior methods have assessed mRNA dynamics by metabolic labeling with 4-thiouridine (4sU) followed by thio-selective attachment of affinity tags. Detection of labeled transcripts by affinity purification is time and labor intensive and lacks the accuracy of direct sequencing. Provided herein are compositions and methods for the metabolic labeling and detection of labeled transcripts by direct sequencing of nucleic acids.

In one aspect of the invention, methods are provided for the detection of thiolated nucleotides within a nucleic acid polymer such as DNA or RNA. 4-thiouridine (4sU) labeling of mRNA followed by detection of labeled transcripts by affinity purification and hybridization to microarrays or by deep sequencing has been a popular means by which to profile RNA dynamics, as it is only minimally disruptive to cellular physiology (Melvin et al., 1978; Cleary et al., 2005; Dolken et al., 2008 Russo et al., 2017; Martin and Coller, 2015). Consequently, thio-substituted uridine can be specifically tagged by a 2-pyridylthio-activated disulfide of biotin (HPDP-biotin), allowing enrichment of the tagged RNA by streptavidin affinity purification and subsequent sequencing (Cleary et al., 2005; Dolken et al., 2008). While 4sU labeling coupled to biotin-affinity purification is a powerful technique allowing for detailed analyses of RNA dynamics, quantitative separation of 4sU-labeled RNA from pre-existing RNA is laborious and relies on efficient performance of several crucial steps: 1) the biotinylation reaction, 2) the binding to the streptavidin beads and 3) the recovery of the RNA. Slight variations in any of those steps may compromise reproducibility and validity of this method.

Accordingly, the present disclosure overcomes challenges associated with the current technologies by providing methods and compositions for the metabolic labeling of nucleic acids and direct sequencing of thiolated nucleic acids. As mentioned above, 4-thiouridine labeling of RNA is a simple and well-known way to label mRNA, but nucleic acids can be metabolically labeled by the incorporation of a variety of thiolated nucleic acids. For instance, RNA may be labeled by the incorporation of 4-thiouridine (4sU) by the RNA polymerase, in place of uridine. Additionally, or alternatively, RNA may be labeled by the incorporation of 6-thioguanosine (6sG; or 6-selenoguanosine (6seG)) and/or Thioinosine (6sI). DNA may be labeled by the incorporation of 4-thiothymidine (4sT) in place of thymidine by a DNA polymerase. Additionally, or alternatively, DNA may be labeled by the incorporation of 6-thiodeoxyguanidine (6sG). Each of these nucleotides may be converted to a different nucleotide by treatment with osmium tetroxide. For example, OsO₄ treatment of 4sU results in the conversion of 4sU to C in the presence of a nucleophilic agent (in this case, a nitrogen donor reagent), such as NH₄Cl or hydrazine. OsO₄ treatment oxidizes 6sG into 6oxG (and likewise 6sI into 6oxI), which can then be converted to 6′-hydrazino-2-aminopurine (6h2Ap) (and likewise to 6′-hydrazino-purine (6hP)) by treatment with hydrazine. During sequencing, 6h2Ap (and 6hP) is read as an adenine. 4sT is converted to 5-methylcytidine (m⁵C) following OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment. Using the same treatment (OsO₄/NH₄Cl), 6sG can be converted into 2,6-diaminopurine (DAP) and 6sI can be converted into adenine (A). These conversions allow for the direct detection of labeled and unlabeled sequences by sequencing methods without the requirement for any physical separation.

In order to elucidate the dynamics of RNA production or decay, cells may be pulse labeled with a thiolated nucleoside, which is metabolized into the corresponding nucleotide in the cell and subsequently incorporated into the RNA strand during synthesis by the RNA polymerase. Following pulse labeling, RNA isolation may be performed. This RNA is then treated with OsO₄ and an NH₄ donor to convert the thiolated nucleotide. Detection of the converted nucleotide in a sequence indicates that the sequence was recently synthesized. Quantitative detection of the converted nucleotide and the wild type sequence can be used to understand the rate of synthesis and/or decay of a particular RNA. Alternatively, following pulse labeling, a subset of cells may be treated as above to determine the quantity of nascent RNA, while the remainder of the cells may be washed and allowed to continue synthesis in the presence of an excess of native rNTPs. Synthesis may be stopped at any desired timepoint and, as above, the RNA can be treated to convert the thiolated ribonucleotide. The abundance of the converted ribonucleotide with respect to the wild type sequence in a sample can then be quantitated and compared between samples in order to determine the rate of decay of the RNA sequence. In some aspects, RNA may be labeled more than once, each time with a different labeled ribonucleotide, in order to more accurately distinguish between synthesis and decay rates of RNA. In some aspects, RNA is pulse labeled with a first thiolated nucleotide, such as 6sG, followed by a wash out and addition of a second thiolated nucleotide, such as 4sU, during the chase period. Following the chase period, the RNA is isolated and the thiolated nucleotides are converted by treatment with OsO₄. In the case of 6sG labeling, the RNA must then be treated with hydrazine to convert the 6oxG to 6h2Ap. Quantitative detection, such as by sequencing, will reveal four separate types of RNA: unlabeled RNA from the pool of preexisting RNA; 6sG labeled RNA characterized by a G-to-A mutation and identifying the RNA as synthesized during the pulse period; 6sG and 4sU labeled RNA characterized by G-to-A and U-to-C mutations which correspond to RNA synthesized during the chase labeling period; and RNA labeled with only 4sU, characterized by U-to-C mutations, corresponding to RNA synthesized late in the chase labeling period after 6sG was fully depleted. This method allows for the accurate determination of RNA decay rates by examining the group that only contains the G-to-A mutations, since it can be completely separated from the RNA synthesized in the chase period.

The methods detailed herein are superior to other possible analysis methods in that they can provide complete nucleotide conversion. Indeed, reverse transcriptases and polymerases in general are more prone to introduce errors in the nascent strand when the template contains non-natural nucleotides (products produced by methods such as the “TimeLapse-Seq method”). Studies presented below in Example 6, highlight these advantages. In particular, these data demonstrate the superiority of OsO₄-based conversion methods. Moreover, studies in subsequente Examples, show, that in the presence of OsO₄, NH₄Cl treatment could be replaced with different nucleophilic agents (in this case, a nitrogen donor reagent), such as NH₄Cl, hydrazine or TFEA.

The thiolated nucleic acids may be treated with osmium tetroxide in combination with a nitrogen donor/nucleophilic agent, such as NH₄Cl, TFEA or hydrazine to convert the thiolated nucleotide into a different nucleotide. Additional nucleophilic agents that could be used include, for example, an alkylamine, which refers to the group H₂NR, in which R is an alkyl, as that term is defined above. Non-limiting examples include: H₂NCH₃ and H₂NCH₂CH₃. The term “dialkylamine” refers to the group HNRR′, in which R and R′ can be the same or different alkyl groups. Non-limiting examples of dialkylamino groups include: HN(CH₃)₂ and HN(CH₃)(CH₂CH₃). The term “arylamine” when used without the “substituted” modifier, refers to a group defined as H₂NR, in which R is aryl. A non-limiting example of an arylamino group is H₂NC₆H₅. The term “diarylamino” refers to a group defined as H₂NRR′, in which R and R′ are both aryl. In some aspects, the nucleophilic agent is TFEA. In other aspects the nucleophilic agent is any type of primary or secondary amine.

I. Definitions

The term “genome” or “genomic” as used herein is all the genetic material in the chromosomes of an organism. DNA derived from the genetic material in the chromosomes of a particular organism is genomic DNA.

The term “transcriptome” or “transcriptomic” as used herein is all of the expressed RNA in a cell or an organism.

“Amplification,” as used herein, refers to any in vitro process for increasing the number of copies of a nucleotide sequence or sequences. Nucleic acid amplification results in the incorporation of nucleotides into DNA or RNA. As used herein, one amplification reaction may consist of many rounds of DNA replication. For example, one PCR reaction may consist of 30-100 “cycles” of denaturation and replication.

“Incorporating,” as used herein, means becoming part of a nucleic acid polymer.

“Nucleotide,” as used herein, is a term of art that refers to a base-sugar-phosphate combination. Nucleotides are the monomeric units of nucleic acid polymers, i.e., of DNA and RNA. The term includes ribonucleotide triphosphates, such as rATP, rCTP, rGTP, or rUTP, and deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates, such as dATP, dCTP, dUTP, dGTP, or dTTP.

A “nucleoside” is a base-sugar combination, i.e., a nucleotide lacking a phosphate. It is recognized in the art that there is a certain inter-changeability in usage of the terms nucleoside and nucleotide. For example, the nucleotide deoxyuridine triphosphate, dUTP, is a deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate. After incorporation into DNA, it serves as a DNA monomer, formally being deoxyuridylate, i.e., dUMP or deoxyuridine monophosphate. One may say that one incorporates dUTP into DNA even though there is no dUTP moiety in the resultant DNA. Similarly, one may say that one incorporates deoxyuridine into DNA even though that is only a part of the substrate molecule.

The term “nucleic acid” or “polynucleotide” will generally refer to at least one molecule or strand of DNA, RNA, DNA-RNA chimera or a derivative or analog thereof, comprising at least one nucleobase, such as, for example, a naturally occurring purine or pyrimidine base found in DNA (e.g. adenine “A,” guanine “G,” thymine “T” and cytosine “C”) or RNA (e.g. A, G, uracil “U” and C). The term “nucleic acid” encompasses the terms “oligonucleotide” and “polynucleotide.” The term “oligonucleotide” refers to at least one molecule of between about 3 and about 100 nucleobases in length. The term “polynucleotide” refers to at least one molecule of greater than about 100 nucleobases in length. These definitions generally refer to at least one single-stranded molecule, but in specific embodiments will also encompass at least one additional strand that is partially, substantially, or fully complementary to at least one single-stranded molecule. Thus, a nucleic acid may encompass at least one double-stranded molecule or at least one triple-stranded molecule that comprises one or more complementary strand(s) or “complement(s)” of a particular sequence comprising a strand of the molecule. As used herein, a single stranded nucleic acid may be denoted by the prefix “ss”, a double-stranded nucleic acid by the prefix “ds”, and a triple stranded nucleic acid by the prefix “ts.”

A “nucleic acid molecule” or “nucleic acid target molecule” refers to any single-stranded or double-stranded nucleic acid molecule including standard canonical bases, hypermodified bases, non-natural bases, or any combination of the bases thereof. For example and without limitation, the nucleic acid molecule contains the four canonical DNA bases—adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and/or the four canonical RNA bases—adenine, cytosine, guanine, and uracil. Uracil can be substituted for thymine when the nucleoside contains a 2′-deoxyribose group. The nucleic acid molecule can be transformed from RNA into DNA and from DNA into RNA. For example, and without limitation, mRNA can be created into complementary DNA (cDNA) using reverse transcriptase and DNA can be created into RNA using RNA polymerase. A nucleic acid molecule can be of biological or synthetic origin. Examples of nucleic acid molecules include genomic DNA, cDNA, RNA, a DNA/RNA hybrid, amplified DNA, a pre-existing nucleic acid library, etc. A nucleic acid may be obtained from a human sample, such as blood, serum, plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, cheek scrapings, biopsy, semen, urine, feces, saliva, sweat, etc. A nucleic acid molecule may be subjected to various treatments, such as repair treatments and fragmenting treatments. Fragmenting treatments include chemical, mechanical, sonic, and hydrodynamic shearing. Repair treatments include nick repair via extension and/or ligation, polishing to create blunt ends, removal of damaged bases, such as deaminated, derivatized, abasic, or crosslinked nucleotides, etc. A nucleic acid molecule of interest may also be subjected to chemical modification (e.g., bisulfite conversion, methylation/demethylation), extension, amplification (e.g., PCR, isothermal, etc.), etc.

“Analogous” forms of purines and pyrimidines are well known in the art, and include, but are not limited to aziridinylcytosine, 4-acetylcytosine, 5-fluorouracil, 5-bromouracil, 5-carboxymthylaminomethyl-2-thiouracil, 5-carboxymethylaminomethyluracil, inosine, N6-isopentenyladenine, 1-methyladenine, 1-methylpseudouracil, 1-methylguanine, 1-methylinosine, 2,2-dimethylguanine, 2-methyladenine, 2-methylguanine, 3-methylcytosine, 5-methylcytosine, N6-methyladenine, 7-methylguanine, 5-methylaminomethyluracil, 5-methoxyaminomethyl-2-thiouracil, beta-D-mannosylqueosine, 5-methoxyuracil, 2-methylthio-N6-isopentenyladenine, uracil-5-oxyacetic acid methylester, pseudouracil, queosine, 2-thiocytosine, 5-methyl-2-thiouracil, 2-thiouracil, 4-thiouracil, 4-thiothimidine, 6-thioguanosine, 6-thioinosine, 5-methyluracil, uracil-5-oxyacetic acid, and 2,6-diaminopurine. The nucleic acid molecule can also contain one or more hypermodified bases, for example and without limitation, 5-hydroxymethyluracil, 5-hydroxyuracil, a-putrescinylthymine, 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-hydroxycytosine, 5-methylcytosine, ˜-methyl cytosine, 2-aminoadenine, acarbamoylmethyladenine, N′-methyladenine, inosine, xanthine, hypoxanthine, 2,6-diaminpurine, and N₇-methylguanine. The nucleic acid molecule can also contain one or more non-natural bases, for example and without limitation, 7-deaza-7-hydroxymethyladenine, 7-deaza-7-hydroxymethylguanine, isocytosine (isoC), 5-methylisocytosine, and isoguanine (isoG). The nucleic acid molecule may contain canonical, hypermodified, non-natural bases, or any combinations the bases thereof. Nucleotide residues can be comprised of standard phosphodiester linkages, and in addition, may contain one or more modified linkages, for example and without limitation, substitution of the non-bridging oxygen atom with a nitrogen atom (i.e., a phosphoramidate linkage, a sulfur atom (i.e., a phosphorothioate linkage), or an alkyl or aryl group (i.e., alkyl or aryl phosphonates), substitution of the bridging oxygen atom with a sulfur atom (i.e., phosphorothiolate), substitution of the phosphodiester bond with a peptide bond (i.e., peptide nucleic acid or PNA), or formation of one or more additional covalent bonds (i.e., locked nucleic acid or LNA), which has an additional bond between the 2′-oxygen and the 4′-carbon of the ribose sugar.

It will also be recognized by a skilled worker that any nucleoside described here can be substituted with an analogous selenium substituted version. For example, 6-thioguanosine may also be 6-selenoguanosine and likewise 4-thiouridine can be 4-selenouridine. Thus, all reaction employing OsO₄ and nitrogen donor reagent also work for 4-selenouridine (4SeU), 6-selenoguanosine (6SeG), 4-selenothymidine (4SeT) and 6-seleno-2′deoxyguanosine (6SedG).

Nucleic acid(s) that are “complementary” or “complement(s)” are those that are capable of base-pairing according to the standard Watson-Crick, Hoogsteen or reverse Hoogsteen binding complementarity rules. As used herein, the term “complementary” or “complement(s)” may refer to nucleic acid(s) that are substantially complementary, as may be assessed by the same nucleotide comparison set forth above. The term “substantially complementary” may refer to a nucleic acid comprising at least one sequence of consecutive nucleobases, or semiconsecutive nucleobases if one or more nucleobase moieties are not present in the molecule, are capable of hybridizing to at least one nucleic acid strand or duplex even if less than all nucleobases do not base pair with a counterpart nucleobase. In certain embodiments, a “substantially complementary” nucleic acid contains at least one sequence in which about 70%, about 71%, about 72%, about 73%, about 74%, about 75%, about 76%, about 77%, about 77%, about 78%, about 79%, about 80%, about 81%, about 82%, about 83%, about 84%, about 85%, about 86%, about 87%, about 88%, about 89%, about 90%, about 91%, about 92%, about 93%, about 94%, about 95%, about 96%, about 97%, about 98%, about 99%, to about 100%, and any range therein, of the nucleobase sequence is capable of base-pairing with at least one single or double-stranded nucleic acid molecule during hybridization. In certain embodiments, the term “substantially complementary” refers to at least one nucleic acid that may hybridize to at least one nucleic acid strand or duplex in stringent conditions. In certain embodiments, a “partially complementary” nucleic acid comprises at least one sequence that may hybridize in low stringency conditions to at least one single or double-stranded nucleic acid, or contains at least one sequence in which less than about 70% of the nucleobase sequence is capable of base-pairing with at least one single or double-stranded nucleic acid molecule during hybridization.

“Oligonucleotide,” as used herein, refers collectively and interchangeably to two terms of art, “oligonucleotide” and “polynucleotide.” Note that although oligonucleotide and polynucleotide are distinct terms of art, there is no exact dividing line between them and they are used interchangeably herein. The term “adaptor” may also be used interchangeably with the terms “oligonucleotide” and “polynucleotide.”

The term “primer,” as used herein, is meant to encompass any nucleic acid that is capable of priming the synthesis of a nascent nucleic acid in a template-dependent process, such as a single-stranded oligonucleotide or a single-stranded polynucleotide that is extended by covalent addition of nucleotide monomers during amplification. Often, nucleic acid amplification is based on nucleic acid synthesis by a nucleic acid polymerase. Many such polymerases require the presence of a primer that can be extended to initiate nucleic acid synthesis. Typically, primers are oligonucleotides from ten to twenty and/or thirty base pairs in length, but longer sequences may be employed. Primers may be provided in double-stranded and/or single-stranded form, although the single-stranded form is preferred.

The terms “hairpin,” “stem-loop oligonucleotide,” and “stem-loop nucleic acid” as used herein refer to a structure formed by an oligonucleotide comprised of 5′ and 3′ terminal regions, which are intramolecular inverted repeats that form a double-stranded stem, and a non-self-complementary central region, which forms a single-stranded loop.

The term “non-complementary” refers to nucleic acid sequence that lacks the ability to form at least one Watson-Crick base pair through specific hydrogen bonds.

“Sample” means a material obtained or isolated from a fresh or preserved biological sample or synthetically-created source that contains nucleic acids of interest. Samples can include at least one cell, fetal cell, cell culture, tissue specimen, blood, serum, plasma, saliva, urine, tear, vaginal secretion, sweat, lymph fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, mucosa secretion, peritoneal fluid, ascites fluid, fecal matter, body exudates, umbilical cord blood, chorionic villi, amniotic fluid, embryonic tissue, multicellular embryo, lysate, extract, solution, or reaction mixture suspected of containing immune nucleic acids of interest. Samples can also include non-human sources, such as non-human primates, rodents and other mammals, other animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and viruses.

The term “array” or “microarray” as used herein refers to an intentionally created collection of molecules which can be prepared either synthetically or biosynthetically (e.g. Illumina HumanMethylation27 microarrays). The molecules in the array can be identical or different from each other. The array can assume a variety of formats, for example, libraries of soluble molecules; libraries of compounds tethered to resin beads, silica chips, or other solid supports.

The term “convert”, “converted”, or “conversion” as used herein generally refers to a chemical change in structure from one nucleotide to different nucleotide. Generally, a thiolated nucleotide will be converted to a non-thiolated nucleotide following chemical treatment, such as with osmium tetroxide (OsO₄) and ammonium chloride (NH₄Cl). In some aspects, the thiolated nucleotide may be 4-thiouridine. 4-thiouridine, when reverse transcribed is read as a thymidine. Following OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment, 4-thiouridine may be converted to a cytidine. In some aspects, the thiolated nucleotide may be 4-thiothymidine. 4-thiothymidine, when replicated is read as a thymidine, however following OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment, 4-thiothymidine is converted to 5-methylcytidine and is read as a cytidine during replication, transcription, and sequencing. In some aspects, the thiolated nucleotide may be 6-thioguanosine. 6-thioguanosine is read as a guanine during replication, transcription, reverse transcription, and sequencing. 6-thioguanosine may be treated with OsO₄, however, to generate 6-oxo-guanosine (6oxoG). 6oxoG can then be treated with hydrazine to generate 6′-hydrazino-2-aminopurine, which is read as an adenine during replication, transcription, reverse transcription and sequencing.

As used in this specification, “a” or “an” may mean one or more. As used herein in the claim(s), when used in conjunction with the word “comprising,” the words “a” or “an” may mean one or more than one.

The use of the term “or” in the claims is used to mean “and/or” unless explicitly indicated to refer to alternatives only or the alternatives are mutually exclusive, although the disclosure supports a definition that refers to only alternatives and “and/or.” As used herein “another” may mean at least a second or more.

Throughout this application, the term “about”, “approximately” or related terms are used to indicate that a value includes the inherent variation of error for the device, the method being employed to determine the value, or the variation that exists among the study subjects.

Any embodiment of any of the present methods, kits, and compositions may consist of or consist essentially of—rather than comprise/include/contain/have—the described features and/or steps. Thus, in any of the claims, the term “consisting of” or “consisting essentially of” may be substituted for any of the open-ended linking verbs recited above, in order to change the scope of a given claim from what it would otherwise be using the open-ended linking verb.

II. Metabolic Labeling

Metabolic labeling refers to methods in which the endogenous synthesis and modification machinery of living cells is used to incorporate detection or affinity tags into biomolecules. Typically, this is accomplished by culturing cells or organisms in media in which a specific natural molecular building block (e.g., amino acid, nucleotide, carbohydrate) has been supplemented with a tagged chemical analog, such as a thiolated nucleotide. Cells use the chemical analog instead of the natural biomolecule to synthesize labeled nucleotides or proteins, or modify proteins or nucleic acids. Metabolic labeling is a powerful strategy because it is simple to perform and enables measurement of metabolic rates and detection of biologically relevant interactions in vivo with minimal disruption to cellular processes. Common methods of metabolic labeling include incorporation of radiolabeled nucleic acids or amino acids, and incorporation of analogous nucleotides or amino acids, such as the incorporation of 4-thiouridine, 6-thioguanosine, 4-thiothymidine, 6sI, 6seG or 2′-deoxy-5-methylcytidine.

Radiolabeled isotopes can be substituted in biomolecule monomers without any changes to the chemical structure and are readily incorporated in vivo. Radiolabeled macromolecules are also easily detected by sensitive radiometric techniques such as liquid scintillation counting or positron emission tomography (PET) scanning. Examples of radioactive tracers and applications include ³H thymidine uptake for cell proliferation assays, ³⁵S methionine labeling for protein synthesis determination, ³²P orthophosphate labeling for in vivo kinase assays, and ¹⁴C-labeled D-glucose update for determination of cellular metabolism rates. Although radioactive isotopes are easily detected and relatively inexpensive, there are some disadvantages including safety hazards, generation of radioactive waste, toxicity to organisms, and radioactive decay leading to loss of signal over time.

Metabolic RNA labeling approaches that employ nucleotide-analogs enable tracking of RNA species over time without interfering with cellular integrity. Historically, 4-thiouridine (4sU has been the most commonly used nucleotide-analog for studying the dynamics of RNA expression, particularly because of the opportunity to use thiol chemistry to attach affinity groups. Affinity-based RNA-purification upon 4sU-labeling has been successfully applied to cultured cells of diverse biological and organismal origin, as well as in vivo in yeast and metazoan model organisms, including insects and mammals, using either 4-thiouridine or 4-thiouracil upon metabolic activation by uracil phosphoribosyltransferase (UPRT). However, like any biochemical separation method, the underlying protocols are laborious, require ample starting material, and typically encounter the problem of low signal-to-noise performance, in part because of limited biotinylation efficiency. Further, analysis of labeled RNA species by sequencing requires extensive controls in order to provide integrative insights into gene expression dynamics.

III. RNA Sequencing

RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) is a well-established method for analyzing gene expression. A variety of methodologies for RNA-seq exist. See, for example, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/912,556, U.S. Pat. No. 5,962,272, both of which are incorporated herein by reference. Generally, methods for RNA-seq begin by generating a cDNA from the RNA by reverse transcription. In this process, a primer is hybridized to the 3′ end of the RNA, and a reverse transcriptase extends from the primer, synthesizing complementary DNA. A second primer then hybridizes to the 3′ end of the nascent cDNA, and either a DNA polymerase, or the same reverse transcriptase extends from the primer, and synthesizes a complementary strand, thereby generating double stranded DNA, after which logarithmic amplification can begin (i.e., PCR). Many methods of cDNA synthesis utilize the poly(A) tail of the mRNA as the starting point for cDNA synthesis and utilize a first primer which has a stretch of T nucleotides, complementary to the poly(A) tail. Some methods then use random primers as the other primers, though this has proved to cause consistent bias. As practiced in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/912,556 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,962,272, certain reverse transcriptases can add extra non-templated nucleotides to the end of a sequence, and then switch templates to a primer which binds there. This allows for the addition of the second primer, with very low bias.

IV. Reagents and Kits

Kits may comprise suitably aliquoted reagents for preforming assays of the present embodiments. For example, commercial kits might include single reagents or buffers, reagents and buffers assembled in a kit, software and algorithm for data analysis, optimized solutions including TUC-Seq library preparation and Tuc-seq analysis. In certain aspects, reagents are provided lyophilized or desiccated and need to be reconstituted with an appropriate solvent before the use. In certain embodiments reagents can be provided in a container under vacuum, or in an atmosphere containing argon, nitrogen, or one or more inert gas. In certain embodiments reagents are kept refrigerated or frozen after reconstitution. In other commercial embodiments the reagents are provided aliquoted (in a liquid or solid format) and each aliquot is sufficient to perform 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more TUC-Seq reactions. In certain commercial embodiments reagents and kits can be stored and shipped at temperatures ranging from −80° C. to ambient temperature. In some aspects, reagents and kits will be stored and shipped at temperature between −20° C. to ambient temperature. An exemplary 50 prep kit could include one or more of the following components:

-   -   Component 1: OsO₄ in a solid, or a liquid format in a         concentration range between 1 μM and 10 M. Other compounds and         salts containing Os⁸⁺, Os⁶⁺ (e.g. potassium osmate (VI)         dihydrate (K₂OsO₄.2H₂O)), or other transition metal (in         particular those belonging to the groups 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 in         the periodic table of elements) can be used instead of Component         1.     -   Component 2: NH₄Cl in a solid or a liquid format in a         concentration range between 1 μM and 7 M. Ammonium acetate,         ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, and other ammonium salts can         be used instead of NH₄Cl for Component 2. In further aspects, a         different nucleophilic agent, such an alkylamine or TFEA may be         included as the component 2.     -   Component 3: Hydrazine, pure, diluted, or on in a salt format         (e.g. hydrazine chloride, sulfate, etc, . . . ). Hydroxylamine,         methylhydrazine, dimethylhydrazine, and other amino, and         hydrazine derivates can be used instead of hydrazine for         Component 3.     -   Component 4: One or more nucleotides (4-thiouridine,         6-thioguanosine, 6seG, 4-thiothymidine,         6-thio-2′-deoxyguanosine, 6-thioinosine, 2-thiouridine,         2-thiocytidine, 5-methyl-4-thiouridine, as well as un-modified         ribonucleotides triphosphate and deoxyribonucleotides         triphosphate) in a solid format, or at a concentration range         between 100 μM and 1 M.     -   Component 5: One or more solvent and buffer (DMSO, ethanol or         other alcohols, water, ammonium hydroxide, TE-buffer,         PBS-buffer, Tris-HCl buffer, citrate-buffer, HEPES-buffer, MOPS         buffer).     -   Component 6: RNA and/or DNA Standards and control samples, that         may contain one or more modified nucleobase.     -   Component 7: One or more nucleic acid purification system based         on silica columns, guanidinium reagents, magnetic beads, or a         filtration/size exclusion approaches.     -   Component 8: Oligonucleotides, including a first strand         synthesis primer (with or without a polyT annealing region and a         specifically designed identifier sequence), a second strand         synthesis primer that may contain one random annealing sequence,         and adaptors for sequencing containing or not unique indexes for         sequencing library de-multiplexing.     -   Component 9: One, or mole enzymes, including DNA polymerases,         Reverse transcriptases, DNA ligases, nucleases).     -   Component 10: One or more tool, software, and algorithm for the         TUC-Seq data analysis.     -   Optional Components: These may include components for cell and         tissue culture (FBS, serum replacement components, cell culture         supplements, matrixes), enzymes (accutase, trypsin, uracil-DNA         glycosylase, alkaline phosphatases, kinases, glycosylases,         glycosyltransferases, cellulases, macerozyme, pectolase,         zymolase, chitinase), and components to determine the efficiency         of nucleic acids labeling during TUC-Seq procedure.

Additional components that may be included in a kit according to the embodiments include, but are not limited to, reagents for nucleic acid purification, one or more wash buffer including a magnetic bead (i.e., magnetic beads such as MagBinding Beads), Pre-wash buffer, an elution buffer, a proteinase composition, DNase and/or RNase inhibitors, DNase or RNase enzymes, oligonucleotide primers, reference samples (e.g., samples comprising known amounts of DNA or RNA), distilled water, DEPC-treated water, probes, sample vials, polymerase, magnetic binding beads (e.g., magnetic silica beads such as MagBinding Beads), 96-well silica plates, 96-well collection plates, cover foils for 96 well plates and instructions for nucleic acid purification. In certain further aspects, additional reagents for DNA and/or RNA clean-up may be included.

The components of the kits may be packaged either in aqueous media or in lyophilized form. The container means of the kits will generally include at least one vial, test tube, flask, bottle, syringe or other container means, into which a component may be placed, and preferably, suitably aliquoted. Where there is more than one component in the kit, the kit also will generally contain a second, third or other additional container into which the additional components may be separately placed. However, various combinations of components may be comprised in a vial. The kits of the present invention also will typically include a means for containing reagent containers in close confinement for commercial sale. Such containers may include cardboard containers or injection or blow-molded plastic containers into which the desired vials are retained.

When the components of the kit are provided in one or more liquid solutions, the liquid solution is an aqueous solution, with a sterile aqueous solution being preferred. However, the components of the kit may be provided as dried powder(s). When reagents and/or components are provided as a dry powder, the powder can be reconstituted by the addition of a suitable solvent. It is envisioned that the solvent may also be provided in another container means.

V. EXAMPLES

The following examples are included to demonstrate preferred embodiments of the invention. It should be appreciated by those of skill in the art that the techniques disclosed in the examples which follow represent techniques discovered by the inventor to function well in the practice of the invention, and thus can be considered to constitute preferred modes for its practice. However, those of skill in the art should, in light of the present disclosure, appreciate that many changes can be made in the specific embodiments which are disclosed and still obtain a like or similar result without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Example 1 Materials and Methods

Synthesis of 4-thiouridine phosphoramidite. The synthesis of 4-thiouridine phosphoramidite from uridine was elaborated by taking into account work by Beigelman, Adams, and McGregor (Serebryany and Biegelman, 2002; Adams et al., 1994; McGregor et al., 1996). The complete reaction scheme is pictured in FIG. 1, and individual reactions are shown in FIGS. 2, 5, 8, 11, and 14.

First, 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-3′,5′-O-(di-tert-butylsilylene)-uridine was synthesized from uridine (FIG. 2). Briefly, 2.0 g of uridine (compound 1) was dissolved in 10 ml of dry DMF and stirred at 0° C. Then di-tert-butylsilyl bis(trifluoromethanesulfonate) (3.2 ml; 4.4 g, 9.9 mmol, 1.2 eq.) was added dropwise. After 45 minutes, imidazole (2.8 g, 41 mmol, 5.0 eq.) was added and the reaction was warmed to room temperature over a period of 30 min. Then, tert-butyldimethylsilyl chloride (1.5 g, 9.9 mmol, 1.2 eq.) was added and the reaction was heated to 60° C. for 2 h. Subsequently, the reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc (200 ml) and extracted twice with saturated NaHCO₃ (200 ml) and water (200 ml). The organic layer was dried over Na₂SO₄ and evaporated. The crude 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-3′,5′-O-(di-tert-butylsilylene)-uridine product was purified by SiO₂ column chromatography (30% EtOAc in hexanes) (FIG. 2, compound 2). The identity of the compound was confirmed by ¹H and ¹³C NMR and ESI mass spectrometry (FIGS. 3 and 4)

Next, 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-3′,5′-O-(di-tert-butylsilylene)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine was synthesized from 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-3′,5′-O-(di-tert-butylsilylene)-uridine (FIG. 5). First, 3-mercaptonitrile was prepared from 3,3′-dithiobis(propionitrile). 1.29 g of 3,3′-dithiobis(propionitrile) was suspended in 25 mL of 2 M hydrogen chloride. 1.3 g zinc powder was added slowly to the suspension and it was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature. The aqueous phase was extracted with 30 mL of CH₂Cl₂, dried over Na₂SO₄ and the solvent was evaporated. 3-mercaptonitrile was received as a colourless liquid. Next, 750 mg (1.5 mmol) of compound 2 were dissolved in 5 mL dry CH₂Cl₂. Then 1 mL of triethylamine (7.5 mmol, 5.0 eq.), 3 mg of 4-(dimethylamino)-pyridine and 498 mg (1.65 mmol, 1.1 eq.) of 2,4,6-triisopropylbenzenesulfonyl chloride were added. The solution was stirred for 2 hours. After control by thin layer chromatography, 1.57 mL (15.0 mmol, 10 eq.) of N-methyl-pyrrolidine and 1.29 g (7.5 mmol, 5 eq.) of freshly prepared 3-mercaptopropionitrile in 5 mL CH₂Cl₂ were added to the solution. The solution was stirred for 45 min at 0° C. Then the reaction mixture was diluted with CH₂Cl₂ and extracted with saturated NaHCO₃ solution. The organic layer was dried over Na₂SO₄ and the residual 3-mercaptopropionitrile was evaporated under high vacuum. The crude 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-3′,5′-O-(di-tert-butylsilylene)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine (compound 3) product was purified by silica gel column chromatography (15-25% EtOAc in hexanes) and analyzed by ¹and ¹³C NMR and ESI mass spectrometry (FIGS. 6 and 7).

To prepare 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine (compound 4) 600 mg (1.05 mmol) of 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-3′, 5′-O-(di-tert-butylsilylene)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine (compound 3) was dissolved in 5 mL dry CH₂Cl₂, and 109 μL of hydrogen fluoride pyridine complex (4.2 mmol, 4.0 eq.) in 650 μL of pyridine were added (FIG. 8). The solution was stirred for 2 hours at 0° C. Then the reaction mixture was diluted with CH₂Cl₂ and extracted with saturated NaHCO3 solution. The organic layer was dried over Na₂SO₄ and evaporated. The crude 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine (compound 4) product was purified by silica gel column chromatography (1-3% MeOH in CH₂Cl₂), and then analyzed by ¹H and ¹³C NMR and ESI mass spectrometry (FIGS. 9 and 10).

5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine (compound 5) was prepared as follows: 350 mg (0.82 mmol) of 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine (compound 4) was dissolved in 5 mL dry pyridine (FIG. 11). Then 360 mg (1.07 mmol, 1.3 eq.) of 4,4′-dimethoxytriphenylmethylchlorid were added to the solution (FIG. 11). The reaction mixture was stirred for 18 hours at rt. Then the reaction was quenched with 500 μL MeOH and diluted with CH₂Cl₂ (200 mL). The organic phase was extracted twice with 5% citric acid and with saturated NaHCO₃ solution. The organic layer was dried over Na₂SO₄ and evaporated. The crude 5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine product was purified by silica gel column chromatography (25-45% EtOAc in Hexanes) and analyzed by ¹H and ¹³C NMR and ESI mass spectrometry (FIGS. 12 and 13).

Finally, 5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine-3′-O-2-cyanoethyl-N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite (4-thiouridine phosphoramidite) was prepared from 5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine as follows: 450 mg (0.62 mmol) of 5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine (compound 5) was dissolved in 10 mL dry CH₂Cl₂. Then 26 μL (0.31 mmol, 0.5 eq.) of 1-Me-imidazole, 644 μL (3.7 mmol, 6 eq.) of diisopropylethylamine and 276 μL (1.24 mmol, 2 eq.) of 2-cyanoethyl-N,N-diisopropylchlorophosphoramidite were added to the solution (FIG. 14). The reaction mixture was stirred for 4 hours at room temperature. Then the reaction was diluted with CH₂Cl₂ (200 mL) and extracted with saturated NaHCO₃ solution. The organic layer was dried over Na₂SO₄ and evaporated. The crude 5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine-3′-O-2-cyanoethyl-N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite (compound 6) product was purified by silica gel column chromatography (35% EtOAc in Hexanes, 0.5% TEA) and analyzed analyzed by ¹H and ³¹P NMR and ESI mass spectrometry (FIGS. 15 and 16).

RNA solid-phase synthesis and deprotection. RNA synthesis was performed by standard methods of automated oligonucleotide synthesis using commercially available 2′-O-TOM RNA phosphoramidites (ChemGenes, Wilmington, Mass.) in combination with the 4sU phosphoramidite building block compound 6. After synthesis, the solid support was treated with 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-en (DBU) in anhydrous acetonitrile (10 mL, 1 M) for two hours at room temperature and washed with dry acetonitrile (50 mL) to remove residual DBU. Cleavage of the solid support and base deprotection of the oligonucleotides were performed by treatment of the solid support with tert-butylamine/MeOH/H₂O (1 mL, 1:1:2, v/v/v) containing NaSH (50 mM) for 4 hours at 55° C. Subsequently, the solid support was filtered off, the solvents were evaporated under reduced pressure and the oligonucleotides were desalted by size exclusion chromatography (GE Healthcare, HiPrep™ 26/10 Desalting; 2.6×10 cm, Sephadex G25) eluting with H₂O, and the collected fraction was evaporated to dryness. Removal of the 2′-O protecting groups was achieved by treatment of the oligonucleotides with tetrabutylammonium fluoride trihydrate (TBAF.3H₂O) in THF (1 M, 1 mL) at 37° C. overnight. The reaction was quenched by the addition of triethylammonium acetate (TEAA) (1 M, pH 7.4, 1 mL). The volume of the solution was reduced, and the solution was desalted with a size-exclusion column (GE Healthcare, HiPrep™ 26/10 Desalting; 2.6×10 cm, Sephadex G25) eluting with H₂O, and the collected fraction was evaporated to dryness and dissolved in H₂O (1 mL). Analysis of the crude RNA after deprotection was performed by anion-exchange chromatography on a Dionex DNAPac PA-100 column (4 mm×250 mm) at 80° C.; injection: 200 pmol of crude RNA in 100 μL of H₂O; flow rate: 1 mL/min; eluent A: 25 mM Tris·HCl (pH 8.0), 6 M urea; eluent B: Tris·HCl (25 mM) (pH 8.0), NaCl₄ (0.5 M), urea (6 M); gradient: 0-60% B in A within 45 min and UV detection at 260 nm.

Purification of RNA oligonucleotides. Crude RNA products were purified on a semipreparative Dionex DNAPac PA-100 column (9 mm×250 mm) at 80° C. with a flow rate of 2 mL/min; injection: 10-40 nmol of crude RNA in 100 μL of H₂O; eluent A: 25 mM Tris·HCl (pH 8.0), 6 M urea; eluent B: Tris·HCl (25 mM) (pH 8.0), NaClO4 (0.5 M), urea (6 M); gradient (for target RNA between 25 and 30 nt in length): 30-45% B in A within 20 min; UV detection at 260 nm. Fractions containing RNA were loaded on a C18 SepPak Plus cartridge (Waters/Millipore), washed with (Et₃NH)+HCO₃-(0.1 M) and H₂O, and eluted with H₂O/MeCN (1:1). RNA-containing fractions were evaporated to dryness and dissolved in H₂O (1 mL). Analysis of the quality of purified RNA was performed by anion-exchange chromatography under the same conditions as utilized for crude RNA; the molecular weight was confirmed by LC-ESI mass spectrometry. Yield determination was performed by UV photometrical analysis of oligonucleotide solutions.

Mass spectrometry of RNA oligonucleotides. All experiments were performed on a Finnigan LCQ Advantage MAX ion trap instrument connected to an Amersham Ettan micro LC system. RNA sequences were analyzed in the negative-ion mode with a potential of −4 kV applied to the spray needle. LC: Sample (200 pmol RNA dissolved in 30 μL of 20 mM EDTA solution; average injection volume: 30 μL), column (Waters XTerra®MS, C18 2.5 μm; 2.1×50 mm) at 21° C.; flow rate: 30 μL/min; eluent A: Et₃N (8.6 mM), 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropanol (100 mM) in H₂O (pH 8.0); eluent B: MeOH; gradient: 0-100% B in A within 30 min; UV detection at 254 nm.

Metabolic labeling of HEK293 cells. HEK293 cells (293-HA-StrepIII-eGFP; Glatter et al., 2009) containing a single integrated copy of eGFP controlled by an inducible CMV promoter were seeded into 6-well plates at 5×10⁵ cells/well and grown overnight at 37° C. and 5% CO₂ in DMEM medium (Gibco). Medium was replaced with DMEM supplemented with 0.05 mM or 0.1 mM 4-thiouridine (4sU; Jena Bioscience), respectively, cells were labeled for 1 hour and subsequently harvested. After 30 min of labeling, transcription of eGFP was induced by addition of 1 μg/ml doxycycline.

Total RNA isolation from E. coli and HEK293 cells. Total RNA from E. coli DH5α cells (grown overnight in 3 ml standard Luria Bertani (LB) medium) and HEK293 cells was isolated using TRIzol (Sigma-Aldrich) following the manufacturer's protocol, digested with DNase I (NEB) and purified using phenol-chloroform extraction and precipitation with 0.3 M NaAc pH 5.2.

Quantitative Reverse Transcriptase PCR To determine the relative expression levels of eGFP, RNA was isolated from Dox-treated and untreated cells, reverse transcribed as above and subjected to real-time PCR using POWER SYBR Green PCR mastermix (Applied Biosystems) with 1.25 ng/ml cDNA and 0.8 mM eGFP-specific primers in a StepONE Plus Instrument (Applied Biosystems). Data were normalized against glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH; Table 1) and differences between induced and non-induced samples were calculated using the ΔΔCT method.

TABLE 1 oligonucleotide sequences E. coli tRNA^(Val) tRNA^(Val) reverse transcription 5′-GGTGGGTGATGACGGGATC primer (SEQ ID NO: 1) Stemloop  5′-GTTGGCTCTGGTGCAGGGTCCGAGGTATTC primer* GCACCAGAGCCAAC GGGTGA (SEQ ID NO: 2) Stemloop_PCR_ 5′-GTGCAGGGTCCGAGGT Primer_forward (SEQ ID NO: 3) PCR_Primer_ 5′-GTGATGACGGGATC reverse (SEQ ID NO: 4) eGFP expression (qPCR) eGFP_qPCR_ 5′-AGCTGGACGGCGACGTAAAC forward (SEQ ID NO: 5) eGFP_qPCR_ 5′-CAGGGTCAGCTTGCCGTAGG reverse (SEQ ID NO: 6) GAPHD_qPCR_ 5′-GTTGTCTCCTGCGACTTCAAC forward (SEQ ID NO: 7) GAPHD_qPCR_ 5′-ATTGTCATACCAGGAAATGAGC reverse (SEQ ID NO: 8) Amplicon Sequencing CcnA2_fw 5′-CCAGAAGTAGCAGAGTTTGT (SEQ ID NO: 9) CcnA2_rv 5′-TTGAGGAGAGAAACACCATG (SEQ ID NO: 10) CcnB1 fw 5′-ACATCGAAGCATGCTAAGAT (SEQ ID NO: 11) CcnB1_rv 5′-CTATGCAGCAGATTCTCCAT (SEQ ID NO: 12) CcnD1_fw 5′-GAGGGCAGTTTTCTAATGGA (SEQ ID NO: 13) CcnD1_rv 5′-ATCAAGGGGAGATTGCATTT (SEQ ID NO: 14) CcnE1 fw 5′-CTGATGAAGATGCACACAAC (SEQ ID NO: 15) CcnE1_rv 5′-CTTTTGTTGTTGTGGGAGTC (SEQ ID NO: 16) p21/Cdkn1A_fw 5′-CTTGAGTGGGGTTATCTCTG (SEQ ID NO: 17) p21/Cdkn1A_rv 5′-ATATTCAGCATTGTGGGAGG (SEQ ID NO: 18) eGFP_fw 5′-CCATCTTCTTCAAGGACGAC (SEQ ID NO: 19) eGFP_rv 5′-TACTTGTACAGCTCGTCCAT (SEQ ID NO: 20) PCNA_fw 5′-ACCAAACCAGGAGAAAGTTT (SEQ ID NO: 21) PCNA_rv 5′-TCCTTCTTCATCCTCGATCT (SEQ ID NO: 22) 4-thiothymidine conversion oligonucleotides CR042 5′-TAGCACG4sT GCTAA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 23) Converted  5′-TAGCACGm⁵CGCTAA-3′ CR042 (SEQ ID NO: 24) *underlined sequence is complementary to the 5′ end of tRNAVal

4sU-to-C conversion reaction. To convert 4sU to C, an OsO₄ solution (1 mM) was freshly prepared from aqueous OsO₄ stock solution (1 mL; 100 mM) stored at −20° C. NH₄Cl solution (2 M) was prepared by dissolving NH₄Cl (10.7 g) in H₂O (100 mL) and adjusting pH to 8.88 by the addition of ammoniumhydroxide solution (2.0 M). Synthetic lyophilized RNA (1 nmol) was dissolved in H₂O (10 mL). NH₄Cl solution (2 mL; 2 M, pH 8.88) and OsO₄ solution (10 mL; 1 mM) were added to the dissolved RNA to give final concentrations of 0.45 mM OsO₄ and 180 mM NH₄Cl in a total volume of 22 μL. The reactions were mixed and incubated for 4 hours at room temperature.

Procedure for total RNA from E. coli or HEK293 cells. Purified total RNA (10 mg) was dissolved in RNase free H₂O (20 mL). Following dissolution, NH₄Cl solution (4 mL; 2 M, pH 8.88) and aqueous OsO₄ solution (20 mL; 1 mM) were added to give final concentrations of 0.45 mM OsO₄ and 180 mM NH₄Cl in a total volume of 44 μL. The reaction mixture was then incubated for 3 hours at room temperature or at 50° C., respectively. In one case, the RNA was denatured at 92° C. for 2 minutes before treatment with OsO₄ in order to test the effect of denaturation on the reaction. To remove OsO₄/NH₄Cl following the reaction, the reaction mixture was transferred into Vivaspin 500 (MWCO 3000, PES) centrifugal concentrators (Sartorius, Gçttingen, Germany), washed 4 times with H₂O (500 mL), and the concentrate was either lyophilized or directly used in the next step.

Reverse transcription, cloning and sequencing of E. coli tRNA^(Val). Osmium tetroxide-treated or untreated and purified RNA was reverse transcribed using GoScript™ Reverse Transcriptase (Promega) with a specific primer for tRNA^(Val) according to the manufacturer's instructions. A stem-loop primer corresponding to the 5′ end of tRNA^(Val) was annealed to the cDNA by incubation at 65° C. for 5 minutes, followed by 10 minutes at 25° C. and immediate transfer to ice. Second strand synthesis was performed by adding 5 mM dNTPs, 0.25 units of Taq polymerase and Taq buffer in a final volume of 10 μl, and incubation at 25° C., 60° C. and 72° C. for 2 minutes each. Five μl of the second strand synthesis reaction was used as a template for subsequent PCR amplification of tRNA^(Val) employing primers specific for the stem-loop sequence and the 3′ end of tRNA^(Val). PCR products were separated on a 2% agarose/TBE gel, excised, purified, and subcloned into a pGEM-T-Vector (Promega). A total of 40 individual clones were used for sequencing of the plasmid DNA. All primers are listed in Table 1.

Amplicon sequencing of metabolically labeled transcripts from HEK293 cells. RNA from labeled and unlabeled cells was isolated and treated with OsO₄ as described above for 3 h at room temperature. After purification and reverse transcription using GoScript™ Reverse Transcriptase (Promega®) and random hexamer primers, selected targets were amplified with specific primers containing barcode overhangs using standard PCR conditions (primer sequences without barcodes are listed in Table 1). The products were separated on a 2% agarose gel, purified from the gel and pooled at equimolar ratio. Library preparation from the amplicon pool and sequencing using the Illumina® HiSeq® platform was performed by GATC Biotech.

Sequencing data analysis. The multiplexed sequencing read data were split into single sample files according to the sample-specific forward and reverse barcodes using flexbar version 2.5 (Dodt et al., 2012). The sample-specific sequencing reads were aligned to the amplicon-specific reference sequences by running Bowtie 2, version 2.2.9 (Langmead et al., 2009), in a first round in “end-to-end” mode. Reads that failed to align in “end-to-end” mode were then aligned in a second round by using the “local” mode. Amplicon positions with U-to-C conversions were called using VarScan2 version 2.4.3 (Koboldt et al., 2012). The maximum depth was set to 1e⁶ and the minimum base call quality score was set to 30. Only U positions with a minimum conversion frequency of 1e⁻⁴ were considered further. For identifying the background/baseline mutation/error frequency all non U-to-C changes were analyzed according to the same criteria as used for U-to-C conversions. In order to minimize errors from potentially misaligned reads only positions on the amplicons which were at maximum 146 bases distant from the amplicon ends were considered. To quantify the number of reads with U-to-C conversions, sam2tsv (Lindenbaum, 2015) was used, along with a custom written perl script to analyze each aligned read and count the U-to-C conversions and the read specific conversion frequency. Again, only sequence read bases with a minimum base call quality score of 30, and a maximum amplicon end distance of 146 were considered in these analyses.

Statistical analyses. To determine the statistical significance of differences of U-to-C mutation frequencies of 4sU-labeled and OsO₄-treated versus unlabeled and untreated, and 4sU labeled but not OsO₄-treated samples, and of differences between U-to-C mutation frequencies versus A-, C-, or G-to-N mutation frequencies, Chi-Square analyses with Yates′ correction were performed using GraphPad Prism v.7. Statistical significance was set to p<0.05.

Example 2 Synthesis of 4-Thiouridine Phosphoramidite

Synthesis of compound 2. 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-3′,5′-O-(di-tert-butylsilylene)-uridine was synthesized from uridine as described above and shown in FIG. 2. This process yielded 3.8 g (7.6 mmol), with 93% as white foam. The identity of the product was first confirmed by thin layer chromatography using a 1:1 v:v mix of EtOAc:hexane and was found to have a retention factor (Rf) of 0.65. The identity was further confirmed by ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR with the following results:

¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 0.16 (s, 3H, H₃C—Si); 0.20 (s, 3H, H₃C—Si); 0.95 (s, 9H, (H₃C)₃—C); 1.04 (s, 9H, (H₃C)₃—C); 1.07 (s, 9H, (H₃C)₃—C); 3.87-3.91 (dd, 1H, H—C(3′), J₁=5 Hz, J₂=4 Hz); 3.96-4.02 (d, 1H, H(b)-C(5′), J=10 Hz); 4.17 (m, 1H, H—C(4′), J₁=5 Hz J₂=4.5 Hz); 4.30-4.32 (d, 1H, H—C(2′), J=4 Hz); 4.49-4.54 (dd, 1H, H(a)-C(5′), J₁=10 Hz, J₂=4.5 Hz); 5.68 (s, 1H, H—C(1′)); 5.72-5.75 (d, 1H, H—C(5), J=7 Hz); 7.23-7.26 (d, 1H, H—C(6) J=7 Hz); 9.48 (s, 1H, H-N) ppm. See FIG. 3 for the image of the spectra.

¹³C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl₃): δ−4.91,-4.17 (2×CH₃—Si); 18.37, 20.47, 22.90 (3×C(CH₃)₃); 25.97, 27.10, 27.60 (9×CH₃—C—Si); 67.70 (C(5′); 74.67 (C(4′)); 75.47 (C(2′)); 76.19 (C(3′)); 94.14 (C(1′)); 102.51 (C(5)); 139.44 (C(6)); 149.89 (C(2)); 163.50 (C(4)) ppm. See FIG. 4 for the image of the spectra.

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) was also performed. The ESI-MS [MH+] for C₂₃H₄₂N₂O₆Si₂ was calculated to be 499.27, and observed to be 499.29.

Synthesis of compound 3. 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-3′, 5′-O-(di-tert-butylsilylene)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine (compound 3) was synthesized from 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-3′,5′-O-(di-tert-butylsilylene)-uridine (compound 2) as described above and shown in FIG.5. This process yielded 600 mg of product, 70% as white foam. To confirm the product, thin layer chromatography was performed with a 1:1 mixture of EtOAc:hexane which yielded a retention factor of 0.65. The identity was further confirmed by ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR with the following results:

¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 0.20 (s, 3H, H₃C—Si); 0.29 (s, 3H, H₃C—Si); 0.98 (s, 9H, (H₃C)₃—C); 1.04 (s, 18H, (H₃C)₃—C); 2.91-2.92 (m, 2H, H₂C—CN); 3.41-3.44 (m, 2H, H₂C—S); 3.78-3.82 (dd, 1H, H—C(3′), J₁=5 Hz, J₂=4 Hz); 3.98-4.04 (d, 1H, H(b)-C(5′), J=10 Hz); 4.17 (m, 1H, H—C(4′), J₁=5 Hz J₂=4.5 Hz); 4.28-4.33 (d, 1H, H—C(2′), J=4 Hz); 4.55-4.60 (dd, 1H, H(a)-C(5′), J₁=10 Hz, J₂=4.5 Hz); 5.67 (s, 1H, H—C(1′)); 6.26-6.28 (d, 1H, H—C(5), J=7 Hz); 7.53-7.56 (d, 1H, H—C(6) J=7 Hz) ppm. See FIG. 6 for the associated spectra.

¹³C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl₃): δ−4.69,-4.14 (2×CH₃—Si); 18.44 (CH₂—CN); 18.33, 20.47, 22.91 (3× C(CH₃)₃); 25.53 (CH₂-S); 26.04, 27.08, 27.61 (9× CH₃—C—Si); 67.80 (C(5′); 74.94 (C(4′)); 75.33 (C(2′)); 75.86 (C(3′)); 94.56 (C(1′)); 103.42 (C(5)); 118.20 (CN); 139.47 (C(6)); 153.28 (C(2)); 175.80 (C(4)) ppm. See FIG. 7 for the associated spectra.

To further characterize compound 3, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry was performed. The mass of C₂₆H₄₅N₃O₅SSi₂ was calculated to be [MH⁺]568.27 and ESI-MS found it to be 567.95.

Synthesis of compound 4. Synthesis of 2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine (compound 4) was performed as described above and shown in FIG. 8. Following purification the process yielded 370 mg (0.87 mmol), of which 83% was as white foam. Thin Layer Chromatography was performed with a 95:5 v:v ratio of CH₂Cl₂: MeOH and was found to have a retention factor of 0.45. The identity was further confirmed by ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR with the following results:

¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 0.14 (s, 3H, H₃C—Si); 0.17 (s, 3H, H₃C—Si); 0.91 (s, 9H, (H₃C)₃—C); 2.52-2.54 (d, 1H, HO—C(3′), J=7 Hz); 2.86-2.90 (t, 2H, H₂C—CN); 3.12-3.13 (t, 1H, HO—C(5′)) 3.39-3.42 (m, 2H, H₂C—S); 3.82-3.88 (dd, 1H, H(b)-C(5′)) 4.02-4.06 (d, 1H, dd, 1H, H(a)-C(5′)); 4.14 (m, 1H, H—C(4′)); 4.20 (m, 1H, H—C(3′)), 4.59-4.62 (m, 1H, H-C(2′)); 5.54-5.55 (d, 1H, H—C(1′), J=3 Hz); 6.25-6.27 (d, 1H, H—C(5), J=7 Hz); 7.94-7.96 (d, 1H, H—C(6) J=7 Hz) ppm. See FIG. 9 for the associated NMR spectra.

¹³C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl₃): δ−5.14,-4.47 (2× CH₃-Si); 18.14 (C(CH₃)₃); 18.39 (CH₂-CN); 25.55 (CH₂-S); 25.90 (3× CH₃—C—Si); 61.39 (C(5′); 69.76 (C(3′)); 74.63 (C(2′)); 85.43 (C(4′)); 94.52 (C(1′)); 103.79 (C(5)); 118.15 (CN); 142.79 (C(6)); 153.72 (C(2)); 176.24 (C(4)) ppm. See FIG. 10 for the associated NMR spectra.

To further characterize compound 4, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry was performed. The calculated mass for C₁₈H₂₉N₃O₅SSi was [MH⁻]428.17, while the mass was actually found to be 428.03.

Synthesis of compound 5. 5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine was synthesized from compound 4 as described above and shown in FIG. 11. The synthesis yielded 480 mg (0.65 mmol) of compound 5, 80% of which was as white foam. Thin layer chromatography was performed on compound 5 using a mix of 1:1 v:v EtOAc:hexane and yielded a retention factor of 0.60. The identity of compound 5 was further confirmed by ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR, the results of which are listed below:

¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 0.24 (s, 3H, H₃C—Si); 0.37 (s, 3H, H₃C—Si); 0.96 (s, 9H, (H₃C)₃—C); 2.33-2.37 (d, 1H, HO—C(3′), J=10 Hz); 2.89-2.93 (t, 2H, H₂C—CN); 3.31-3.51 (m, 2H, H₂C—S); 3.60 (m, 2H, H₂—C(5′)) 3.83 (s, 6H, H₃CO); 4.12 (m, 1H, H—C(4′)); 4.33 (m, 1H, H—C(2′)), 4.43 (m, 1H, H—C(3′)); 5.75-5.78 (d, 1H, H—C(5), J=7 Hz); 5.81 (s, 1H, H—C(1′)); 6.85-6.88 (m, 4H, H—C(ar)); 7.30-7.41 (m, 9H, H—C(ar)); 8.36-8.38 (d, 1H, H—C(6) J=7 Hz) ppm. The associated ¹H NMR spectra is shown in FIG. 12.

¹³C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl₃): δ−5.26, −4.20 (2× CH₃—Si); 18.22 (C(CH₃)₃); 18.48 (CH₂—CN); 25.45 (CH₂—S); 26.00 (3× CH₃—C—Si); 55.41 (2× OCH₃) 61.10 (C(5′); 68.88 (C(3′)); 76.55 (C(2′)); 83.27 (C(4′)); 87.23 (tert-C(DMT)); 91.13 (C(1′)); 103.45 (C(5)); 113.46 (C(ar)); 118.25 (CN); 127.29 (C(ar)); 128.16 (C(ar)); 128.35 (C(ar)); 130.28 (C(ar)); 130.32 (C(ar)); 135.28 (C(ar)); 135.54 (C(ar)); 141.26 (C(ar)); 144.42 (C(6)); 153.69 (C(2)); 158.89 (C(ar)); 175.53 (C(4)) ppm. The associated ¹³C NMR spectra is shown in FIG. 13.

Compound 5 was then analyzed by mass spectrometry to confirm its identity. The expected mass for compound 5 (C₃₉H₄₇N₃O₇SSi) was calculated to be 730.30, and the mass was found to be 729.79 by ESI-MS.

Synthesis of compound 6. 5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine-3′-O-2-cyanoethyl-N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite was synthesized from compound 5 as described above and shown in FIG. 14. Synthesis and purification yielded 500 mg (0.53 mmol) of product, 87% as white foam. Thin layer chromatography was performed with a 1:1 v:v ratio of EtOAc:hexane and compound 6 was shown to have a retention factor of 0.50. To confirm its identity, compound 6 was analyzed by ¹H and ³¹P NMR. The results are listed below:

¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 0.19 (s, 3H, H₃C—Si); 0.31 (s, 3H, H₃C—Si); 0.94 (s, 9H, (H₃C)₃—C); 0.98-1.15 (m, 12H, 2× (H₃C)₂CHN); 2.44-2.61 (m, 2H, H₂C—CN(a)); 2.91 (m, 2H, H₂C—CN(b)); 3.39 (m, 2H, H₂C—S); 3.55 (m, 4H, H₂-C(5′) +2× (H₃C)₂CHN); 3.73 (m, 2H, H₂C—O); 3.83 (s, 6H, H₃CO); 4.38 (m, 3H, H—C(4′) +H—C(2′) +H—C(3′)); 5.60-5.73 (d, 1H, H-C(5)); 5.75-5.82 (s, 1H, H—C(1′)); 6.86-6.88 (m, 4H, H—C(ar)); 7.29-7.45 (m, 9H, H—C(ar)); 8.35-8.43 (d, 1H, H—C(6)) ppm. The associated NMR spectra is shown in FIG. 15

³¹P NMR (121 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 149.34, 151.48 ppm. The associated NMR spectra is shown in FIG. 16.

Finally, the identity of compound 6 was confirmed by mass spectrometry. The mass of C₄₈H₆₄N₅O₈PSSi was calculated to be 930.40, and found by ESI-MS to be 929.92.

Example 3 Development of TUC-Seq

Given the difficulties associated with modern RNA profiling using metabolic labelling techniques, the inventors sought to eliminate the need for tag-based separation of labeled and unlabeled RNA and allow direct distinction from both species by sequencing by utilizing thiouridine conversion to cytosine by OsO₄ followed by sequencing (TUC-seq). The conversion of thiouridine to cytidine at the nucleoside level by OsO₄ and aqueous ammonia has previously been described (Burton, 1967). However, its potential for modern sequencing techniques had not been explored. Therefore, it was investigated whether OsO₄ treatment of 4sU-containing RNA can be used as key reaction for a comparative sequencing approach. In untreated RNA, 4sU would be read as T, while for OsO₄ treated RNA, 4sU should be read as C (FIG. 17).

Considering that during metabolic labeling 4sU is randomly and sparsely incorporated into nascent RNA, the conversion reaction has to be highly efficient to ensure sufficient sensitivity upon sequencing. Thus, reaction conditions were first established allowing optimal conversion coupled to low RNA degradation using a short oligoribonucleotide. Oligonucleotides were thus synthesized with a mixture of commercially available 2′-O-TOM RNA phosphoramidites as well as the 4sU phosphoramidite building block compound 6, synthesized in Example 2 (5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-4-(2-cyanoethylthio)-uridine-3′-O-2-cyanoethyl-N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite), using standard automated synthesis methods.

Treatment of chemically synthesized 5′-G4sUCAUA with a modestly basic aqueous solution of osmium tetroxide and ammonium chloride for four hours at room temperature resulted in nearly quantitative 4sU-to-C conversion (>98%) without degradation of the RNA (FIGS. 18A-18B). The corresponding molecular weights of starting material and product RNA were confirmed by LC-ESI mass spectrometry (FIG. 18C). Almost the same reaction efficiency was obtained using larger (chemically synthesized) 4sU-containing RNAs with up to 42 nt (FIG. 19).

The performance of the method was then tested on a complex mixture of natural RNA. While 4sU has not yet been detected in eukaryotic species, it is well established that in bacteria, the uridine at either position 8 or 9 of several tRNAs (Ĉavužić and Liu, 2017) is fully thiolated (FIG. 20A). Therefore, total RNA was isolated from E. coli and subjected to three different OsO₄-reaction conditions (FIG. 20B). Using a stem loop primer, tRNA^(Val) was specifically reverse transcribed and amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The amplification products were subcloned, and a set of 10 clones for each condition was sequenced. These experiments revealed 93% 4sU-to-C conversion efficiency of the naturally occurring 4sU in tRNA^(Val) when treated with OsO₄ at room temperature, independent of prior RNA denaturation at 92° C. for 2 minutes. However, when the reaction temperature was increased to 50° C. nearly quantitative conversion was observed (FIG. 20B).

These results show that OsO₄/NH₄Cl is suitable to react on 4sU in complex RNA mixtures, and that it can be used for the detection and identification of naturally occurring 4sU sites in bacterial RNA in combination with sequencing techniques. Next, the potential of OsO₄/NH₄Cl for selective detection of transcripts metabolically labeled by 4sU in eukaryotic cells was investigated. To this end, HEK293 cells were incubated for 1 h with 4sU (50 μM or 100 μM) or without 4sU before harvesting the cells, isolation and OsO₄ treatment of total RNA (FIG. 4A). A cell line that bears a stable integration of an inducible enhanced green fluorescence protein (eGFP) gene was used, so eGFP transcription was activated by addition of doxycycline (Dox) 30 minutes after the start of labeling. To determine the relative amount of newly synthesized (and thus labeled) mRNA, transcripts of eGFP as well as of six endogenous target genes were amplified by PCR from OsO₄-treated and untreated RNA samples and subjected to amplicon sequencing using the Illumina platform (FIG. 21A). For each individual target, coverage of approximately 52000-251000 reads was obtained.

Next, the frequency of U-to-C conversion for every possible U for the unlabeled, the 4sU-labeled, and the 4sU-labeled/OsO4-treated samples was determined (Tables 2-5). The mutation frequencies of A, C and G into any base (N) were also calculated to determine the background mutation rate, which may be caused by polymerase errors introduced during reverse transcription, PCR or sequencing (Tables 6-9).

TABLE 2 T-to-C mutation frequencies in amplicon sequences: no 4sU labeling, no OsO₄//NH₄Cl treatment NAME POS REF ALT REFdepth ALTdepth mutFREQ PVAL avgREFBASEQUAL avgALTBASEQUAL A2_CcnA2 354 T C 97645 42 0.04% 1.74E−06 39 38 A2_CcnA2 365 T C 97123 37 0.04% 1.09E−07 39 37 A2_CcnA2 93 T C 105004 33 0.03% 3.01E−10 40 39 A2_CcnA2 94 T C 104661 24 0.02% 2.25E−13 40 39 A2_CcnA2 116 T C 96910 19 0.02% 7.12E−14 39 36 A2_CcnA2 120 T C 95399 15 0.02% 1.05E−15 39 35 A2_CcnA2 139 T C 96387 15 0.02% 6.08E−16 39 38 A2_CcnA2 124 T C 96369 11 0.01% 2.11E−18 39 38 A2_CcnA2 125 T C 97287 10 0.01% 2.36E−19 39 39 A2_CcnA2 143 T C 94210 13 0.01% 1.27E−16 39 37 A2_CcnA2 324 T C 86974 13 0.01% 1.13E−14 39 36 B1_CcnB1 366 T C 99994 45 0.04% 2.84E−06 40 39 B1_CcnB1 376 T C 99730 35 0.04% 1.43E−08 40 38 B1_CcnB1 354 T C 98147 27 0.03% 5.82E−11 39 37 B1_CcnB1 368 T C 100799 32 0.03% 1.20E−09 40 38 B1_CcnB1 38 T C 104632 22 0.02% 2.99E−14 40 39 B1_CcnB1 98 T C 98238 15 0.02% 2.01E−16 39 39 B1_CcnB1 129 T C 96353 16 0.02% 2.15E−15 39 37 B1_CcnB1 345 T C 97628 19 0.02% 4.25E−14 39 39 B1_CcnB1 346 T C 94406 17 0.02% 2.10E−14 39 38 B1_CcnB1 351 T C 99013 15 0.02% 1.16E−16 39 39 B1_CcnB1 353 T C 97933 15 0.02% 3.50E−16 39 39 B1_CcnB1 372 T C 100291 19 0.02% 8.93E−15 40 38 B1_CcnB1 373 T C 101273 16 0.02% 1.41E−16 40 39 B1_CcnB1 421 T C 101552 19 0.02% 5.29E−15 40 40 B1_CcnB1 20 T C 104930 11 0.01% 1.87E−20 40 39 B1_CcnB1 42 T C 106563 12 0.01% 2.83E−20 40 40 B1_CcnB1 92 T C 103878 14 0.01% 3.13E−18 40 40 B1_CcnB1 108 T C 87438 11 0.01% 3.97E−16 38 37 B1_CcnB1 123 T C 97722 12 0.01% 5.39E−18 39 39 B1_CcnB1 137 T C 89863 10 0.01% 2.71E−17 39 39 B1_CcnB1 332 T C 92940 12 0.01% 9.60E−17 39 37 B1_CcnB1 334 T C 93576 12 0.01% 5.41E−17 39 38 B1_CcnB1 405 T C 100977 15 0.01% 6.64E−17 40 37 B1_CcnB1 422 T C 99324 11 0.01% 3.61E−19 40 40 D1_CcnD1 41 T C 143163 64 0.04% 2.02E−08 40 38 D1_CcnD1 61 T C 138579 50 0.04% 4.99E−11 40 39 D1_CcnD1 104 T C 66194 25 0.04% 1.01E−05 35 36 D1_CcnD1 311 T C 132200 55 0.04% 8.58E−09 40 38 D1_CcnD1 126 T C 112432 34 0.03% 3.17E−11 38 37 D1_CcnD1 99 T C 67967 11 0.02% 3.02E−11 34 35 D1_CcnD1 106 T C 88115 13 0.01% 3.70E−15 35 39 D1_CcnD1 107 T C 106989 13 0.01% 7.33E−20 36 36 D1_CcnD1 283 T C 122566 13 0.01% 1.10E−23 39 39 D1_CcnD1 386 T C 138232 17 0.01% 4.72E−25 40 37 D1_CcnE1 43 T C 47494 18 0.04% 2.10E−04 40 39 D1_CcnE1 47 T C 46786 19 0.04% 5.43E−04 40 40 D1_CcnE1 86 T C 45453 19 0.04% 7.78E−04 39 39 D1_CcnE1 95 T C 46667 21 0.04% 1.53E−03 40 40 D1_CcnE1 101 T C 44458 17 0.04% 3.63E−04 39 40 D1_CcnE1 102 T C 43883 18 0.04% 9.31E−04 39 37 D1_CcnE1 107 T C 45371 17 0.04% 2.47E−04 39 39 D1_CcnE1 116 T C 39871 14 0.04% 4.00E−04 39 39 D1_CcnE1 351 T C 32357 12 0.04% 1.82E−03 37 38 D1_CcnE1 48 T C 47602 13 0.03% 6.04E−06 40 40 D1_CcnE1 82 T C 44089 14 0.03% 5.00E−05 39 39 D1_CcnE1 104 T C 45902 12 0.03% 6.53E−06 39 38 D1_CcnE1 109 T C 44500 13 0.03% 2.34E−05 39 37 D1_CcnE1 143 T C 29182 9 0.03% 8.26E−04 37 38 D1_CcnE1 346 T C 35781 9 0.03% 5.28E−05 37 37 D1_CcnE1 354 T C 29441 9 0.03% 8.26E−04 36 35 D1_CcnE1 368 T C 39236 12 0.03% 9.86E−05 38 38 D1_CcnE1 22 T C 48674 8 0.02% 2.33E−08 40 41 D1_CcnE1 42 T C 47953 8 0.02% 4.00E−08 40 41 D1_CcnE1 52 T C 47704 10 0.02% 3.73E−07 40 40 D1_CcnE1 79 T C 46109 8 0.02% 6.87E−08 39 38 D1_CcnE1 81 T C 43413 8 0.02% 3.41E−07 39 38 D1_CcnE1 84 T C 43681 9 0.02% 1.01E−06 39 39 D1_CcnE1 340 T C 35925 6 0.02% 2.42E−06 37 36 D1_CcnE1 357 T C 34449 8 0.02% 3.42E−05 37 36 D1_CcnE1 362 T C 29709 6 0.02% 5.82E−05 37 38 D1_CcnE1 363 T C 32144 5 0.02% 3.69E−06 37 36 D1_CcnE1 372 T C 37340 9 0.02% 2.02E−05 38 39 D1_CcnE1 385 T C 42093 7 0.02% 1.80E−07 39 38 D1_CcnE1 431 T C 44046 9 0.02% 6.06E−07 39 38 D1_CcnE1 341 T C 35495 4 0.01% 1.67E−07 37 40 D1_CcnE1 343 T C 37320 4 0.01% 5.09E−08 37 35 D1_CcnE1 344 T C 35661 4 0.01% 1.67E−07 37 36 D1_CcnE1 347 T C 33912 5 0.01% 2.12E−06 37 40 D1_CcnE1 367 T C 36379 4 0.01% 9.22E−08 38 38 D1_CcnE1 398 T C 40380 5 0.01% 3.91E−08 39 40 D1_CcnE1 423 T C 44000 6 0.01% 1.61E−08 40 39 D1_CcnE1 438 T C 44033 6 0.01% 1.61E−08 40 38 D1_CcnE1 444 T C 44519 5 0.01% 3.77E−09 40 40 eGFP 118 T C 36381 14 0.04% 1.30E−03 38 34 eGFP 67 T C 45272 13 0.03% 1.50E−05 40 39 eGFP 133 T C 35408 9 0.03% 5.28E−05 37 39 eGFP 313 T C 31574 10 0.03% 7.23E−04 38 37 eGFP 46 T C 40008 9 0.02% 4.60E−06 39 39 eGFP 51 T C 44054 7 0.02% 6.01E−08 39 39 eGFP 79 T C 41800 8 0.02% 9.76E−07 39 38 eGFP 85 T C 43715 7 0.02% 1.04E−07 39 37 eGFP 100 T C 40315 10 0.02% 1.19E−05 38 38 eGFP 324 T C 28773 7 0.02% 2.53E−04 37 39 eGFP 27 T C 46537 5 0.01% 1.15E−09 40 41 eGFP 52 T C 45015 5 0.01% 2.09E−09 39 39 eGFP 99 T C 42819 5 0.01% 1.22E−08 39 41 eGFP 359 T C 38681 4 0.01% 2.81E−08 39 38 eGFP 364 T C 38473 4 0.01% 2.81E−08 39 41 eGFP 370 T C 39262 5 0.01% 6.98E−08 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 436 T C 87133 49 0.06% 7.06E−04 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 51 T C 81808 37 0.05% 3.13E−05 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 131 T C 58885 30 0.05% 1.87E−03 37 38 p21_Cdkn1A 378 T C 74983 34 0.05% 5.33E−05 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 23 T C 82214 32 0.04% 1.56E−06 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 2 T C 84308 25 0.03% 6.02E−09 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 132 T C 57163 15 0.03% 3.25E−07 37 39 p21_Cdkn1A 349 T C 73510 20 0.03% 1.45E−08 38 36 p21_Cdkn1A 369 T C 81833 22 0.03% 2.01E−09 39 40 p21_Cdkn1A 385 T C 78910 23 0.03% 1.76E−08 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 76 T C 77855 12 0.02% 4.46E−13 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 121 T C 55647 12 0.02% 5.09E−08 37 37 p21_Cdkn1A 356 T C 70015 16 0.02% 1.59E−09 38 37 p21_Cdkn1A 361 T C 66670 13 0.02% 5.33E−10 38 36 p21_Cdkn1A 431 T C 86563 21 0.02% 7.91E−11 40 41 p21_Cdkn1A 7 T C 74042 10 0.01% 1.62E−13 37 32 p21_Cdkn1A 45 T C 61090 7 0.01% 3.65E−12 37 36 PCNA 126 T C 103199 40 0.04% 6.80E−08 39 39 PCNA 112 T C 99076 28 0.03% 8.48E−11 39 39 PCNA 116 T C 103463 30 0.03% 7.17E−11 39 38 PCNA 136 T C 95072 28 0.03% 5.02E−10 38 38 PCNA 348 T C 87785 30 0.03% 6.35E−08 38 37 PCNA 370 T C 98752 30 0.03% 6.38E−10 39 38 PCNA 33 T C 114580 21 0.02% 5.69E−17 40 40 PCNA 38 T C 102223 17 0.02% 2.88E−16 39 39 PCNA 42 T C 109652 23 0.02% 6.82E−15 40 40 PCNA 46 T C 105589 18 0.02% 1.95E−16 39 40 PCNA 47 T C 108207 24 0.02% 3.14E−14 40 39 PCNA 48 T C 110748 20 0.02% 1.47E−16 40 39 PCNA 52 T C 114819 24 0.02% 1.56E−15 40 39 PCNA 64 T C 110537 22 0.02% 1.41E−15 40 38 PCNA 69 T C 114509 22 0.02% 1.78E−16 40 40 PCNA 70 T C 111730 21 0.02% 2.75E−16 40 40 PCNA 91 T C 107755 18 0.02% 6.63E−17 40 40 PCNA 93 T C 105087 16 0.02% 1.55E−17 39 40 PCNA 102 T C 109555 25 0.02% 5.18E−14 40 39 PCNA 106 T C 105851 23 0.02% 5.08E−14 39 39 PCNA 107 T C 102835 20 0.02% 9.66E−15 39 39 PCNA 118 T C 107257 20 0.02% 7.14E−16 39 40 PCNA 124 T C 103079 21 0.02% 1.72E−14 39 40 PCNA 128 T C 104477 21 0.02% 1.03E−14 39 39 PCNA 138 T C 92980 16 0.02% 1.86E−14 39 38 PCNA 326 T C 80293 20 0.02% 5.52E−10 37 35 PCNA 343 T C 83826 14 0.02% 2.08E−13 38 38 PCNA 352 T C 91224 15 0.02% 9.37E−15 39 38 PCNA 390 T C 103227 20 0.02% 5.75E−15 40 40 PCNA 434 T C 105928 19 0.02% 6.43E−16 40 39 PCNA 437 T C 105516 19 0.02% 6.43E−16 40 40 PCNA 26 T C 112747 15 0.01% 7.73E−20 40 40 PCNA 28 T C 113841 17 0.01% 6.88E−19 40 40 PCNA 39 T C 104471 14 0.01% 1.77E−18 39 39 PCNA 55 T C 110168 13 0.01% 1.28E−20 40 39 PCNA 63 T C 111330 16 0.01% 5.48E−19 40 40 PCNA 83 T C 90734 13 0.01% 1.21E−15 38 38 PCNA 89 T C 107922 16 0.01% 5.12E−18 40 40 PCNA 96 T C 107468 16 0.01% 5.12E−18 39 38 PCNA 109 T C 106905 16 0.01% 8.92E−18 39 39 PCNA 117 T C 107868 16 0.01% 5.12E−18 39 39 PCNA 331 T C 89871 11 0.01% 1.25E−16 38 40 PCNA 350 T C 91070 11 0.01% 3.91E−17 38 39 PCNA 360 T C 99533 12 0.01% 1.69E−18 39 39 PCNA 384 T C 99177 11 0.01% 3.61E−19 39 40 PCNA 393 T C 103543 12 0.01% 1.64E−19 40 39 PCNA 401 T C 105686 12 0.01% 5.09E−20 40 40 PCNA 415 T C 104562 11 0.01% 1.87E−20 40 40 PCNA 417 T C 104499 12 0.01% 9.15E−20 40 40 PCNA 442 T C 104153 12 0.01% 9.15E−20 40 40

TABLE 3 T-to-C mutation frequencies in amplicon sequences: 100 μM 4sU labeling, no OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment NAME POS REF ALT REFdepth ALTdepth mutFREQ PVAL avgREFBASEQUAL avgALTBASEQUAL A2_CcnA2 40 T C 88036 41 0.05% 2.12E−05 40 36 A2_CcnA2 93 T C 89154 34 0.04% 3.68E−07 40 40 A2_CcnA2 352 T C 75045 33 0.04% 3.26E−05 40 38 A2_CcnA2 359 T C 62237 25 0.04% 4.51E−05 38 35 A2_CcnA2 342 T C 68133 20 0.03% 1.37E−07 38 37 A2_CcnA2 365 T C 73956 21 0.03% 3.30E−08 39 38 A2_CcnA2 376 T C 74266 23 0.03% 1.00E−07 39 39 A2_CcnA2 33 T C 91015 16 0.02% 3.18E−14 40 39 A2_CcnA2 36 T C 89460 18 0.02% 8.78E−13 39 38 A2_CcnA2 72 T C 83802 16 0.02% 2.17E−12 39 40 A2_CcnA2 78 T C 86326 14 0.02% 4.08E−14 39 39 A2_CcnA2 94 T C 89109 17 0.02% 2.91E−13 40 40 A2_CcnA2 96 T C 90909 15 0.02% 1.61E−14 40 40 A2_CcnA2 139 T C 85240 15 0.02% 2.38E−13 39 37 A2_CcnA2 366 T C 76307 13 0.02% 2.69E−12 40 38 A2_CcnA2 56 T C 88434 9 0.01% 9.85E−18 39 40 A2_CcnA2 57 T C 89303 9 0.01% 5.41E−18 40 39 A2_CcnA2 74 T C 87274 10 0.01% 8.79E−17 40 40 A2_CcnA2 79 T C 89354 9 0.01% 5.41E−18 40 40 A2_CcnA2 126 T C 85318 9 0.01% 5.89E−17 39 38 A2_CcnA2 330 T C 61303 9 0.01% 6.35E−11 38 39 A2_CcnA2 441 T C 79780 8 0.01% 4.12E−16 40 38 B1_CncB1 29 T C 153316 98 0.06% 3.11E−04 40 39 B1_CncB1 38 T C 151977 92 0.06% 7.35E−05 40 39 B1_CncB1 43 T C 154533 90 0.06% 2.49E−05 40 40 B1_CncB1 117 T C 147433 86 0.06% 3.86E−05 39 39 B1_CncB1 368 T C 137933 76 0.06% 1.34E−05 39 38 B1_CncB1 440 T C 125150 72 0.06% 9.70E−05 38 40 B1_CncB1 422 T C 142706 66 0.05% 7.23E−08 40 40 B1_CncB1 72 T C 147245 52 0.04% 5.31E−12 39 38 B1_CncB1 83 T C 148971 53 0.04% 4.63E−12 40 40 B1_CncB1 85 T C 151952 57 0.04% 1.80E−11 40 38 B1_CncB1 108 T C 129516 53 0.04% 8.38E−09 38 39 B1_CncB1 144 T C 118409 48 0.04% 2.71E−08 38 37 B1_CncB1 334 T C 136225 51 0.04% 2.01E−10 39 38 B1_CncB1 351 T C 134874 60 0.04% 5.61E−08 39 37 B1_CncB1 352 T C 140293 63 0.04% 3.34E−08 40 38 B1_CncB1 354 T C 139808 57 0.04% 2.14E−09 39 39 B1_CncB1 372 T C 139374 52 0.04% 1.18E−10 39 38 B1_CncB1 436 T C 139908 49 0.04% 1.77E−11 39 37 B1_CncB1 60 T C 150309 47 0.03% 4.78E−14 40 40 B1_CncB1 61 T C 153142 53 0.03% 9.46E−13 40 39 B1_CncB1 89 T C 152466 45 0.03% 4.40E−15 40 39 B1_CncB1 103 T C 144952 44 0.03% 6.54E−14 39 40 B1_CncB1 345 T C 126378 34 0.03% 6.16E−14 38 38 B1_CncB1 377 T C 142926 38 0.03% 1.24E−15 40 39 B1_CncB1 405 T C 143488 44 0.03% 1.00E−13 40 38 B1_CncB1 418 T C 145502 49 0.03% 1.59E−12 40 38 B1_CncB1 15 T C 156103 28 0.02% 4.72E−23 40 37 B1_CncB1 20 T C 152276 34 0.02% 2.53E−19 40 40 B1_CncB1 42 T C 155498 30 0.02% 7.97E−22 40 39 B1_CncB1 54 T C 150059 31 0.02% 3.10E−20 40 39 B1_CncB1 74 T C 150043 33 0.02% 2.48E−19 40 40 B1_CncB1 129 T C 140904 23 0.02% 5.73E−22 39 40 B1_CncB1 341 T C 123169 22 0.02% 1.57E−18 38 37 B1_CncB1 346 T C 120553 20 0.02% 6.95E−19 38 38 B1_CncB1 353 T C 138123 30 0.02% 4.58E−18 39 38 B1_CncB1 356 T C 131899 25 0.02% 7.50E−19 39 37 B1_CncB1 358 T C 129889 27 0.02% 1.86E−17 38 39 B1_CncB1 367 T C 142985 30 0.02% 3.72E−19 40 38 B1_CncB1 382 T C 142248 28 0.02% 7.16E−20 40 38 B1_CncB1 386 T C 143281 27 0.02% 1.39E−20 40 38 B1_CncB1 399 T C 141868 23 0.02% 3.33E−22 40 40 B1_CncB1 417 T C 145889 30 0.02% 1.35E−19 40 38 B1_CncB1 50 T C 149621 21 0.01% 2.82E−25 39 40 B1_CncB1 328 T C 106053 11 0.01% 5.69E−21 37 33 B1_CncB1 366 T C 142510 20 0.01% 3.63E−24 40 35 B1_CncB1 396 T C 131924 14 0.01% 2.66E−25 39 37 D1_CncD1 61 T C 158107 89 0.06% 6.65E−06 39 39 D1_CncD1 311 T C 127735 79 0.06% 5.03E−04 39 38 D1_CncD1 104 T C 80529 44 0.05% 7.79E−04 35 39 D1_CncD1 294 T C 111677 51 0.05% 1.38E−06 38 39 D1_CncD1 333 T C 126711 64 0.05% 4.01E−06 39 39 D1_CncD1 82 T C 154958 62 0.04% 1.11E−10 39 40 D1_CncD1 287 T C 99960 37 0.04% 5.08E−08 37 37 D1_CncD1 309 T C 133248 57 0.04% 1.74E−08 40 37 D1_CncD1 377 T C 139410 56 0.04% 1.23E−09 40 37 D1_CncD1 33 T C 165938 45 0.03% 1.33E−17 40 39 D1_CncD1 74 T C 161419 43 0.03% 1.49E−17 40 40 D1_CncD1 84 T C 156717 41 0.03% 2.63E−17 39 40 D1_CncD1 93 T C 134707 38 0.03% 4.66E−14 38 40 D1_CncD1 99 T C 79545 21 0.03% 2.15E−09 35 39 D1_CncD1 120 T C 137591 43 0.03% 6.15E−13 38 39 D1_CncD1 142 T C 141426 42 0.03% 5.14E−14 39 39 D1_CncD1 296 T C 114275 30 0.03% 4.89E−13 38 36 D1_CncD1 339 T C 131059 39 0.03% 3.90E−13 39 39 D1_CncD1 359 T C 138754 39 0.03% 1.76E−14 40 39 D1_CncD1 392 T C 139924 35 0.03% 3.52E−16 40 40 D1_CncD1 26 T C 163895 30 0.02% 1.22E−23 40 40 D1_CncD1 27 T C 162664 26 0.02% 1.60E−25 40 39 D1_CncD1 35 T C 164765 31 0.02% 2.28E−23 40 40 D1_CncD1 41 T C 163963 25 0.02% 2.53E−26 40 39 D1_CncD1 44 T C 166036 34 0.02% 2.25E−22 40 40 D1_CncD1 45 T C 161983 33 0.02% 5.89E−22 40 40 D1_CncD1 48 T C 163480 34 0.02% 1.03E−21 40 40 D1_CncD1 62 T C 146877 25 0.02% 2.67E−22 39 40 D1_CncD1 72 T C 145658 34 0.02% 7.80E−18 38 39 D1_CncD1 87 T C 142285 24 0.02% 6.74E−22 38 40 D1_CncD1 106 T C 131268 31 0.02% 3.86E−16 38 39 D1_CncD1 116 T C 155287 26 0.02% 7.16E−24 40 40 D1_CncD1 126 T C 144717 28 0.02% 2.55E−20 39 40 D1_CncD1 143 T C 135467 28 0.02% 2.57E−18 38 39 D1_CncD1 274 T C 107561 19 0.02% 2.22E−16 37 37 D1_CncD1 282 T C 104748 19 0.02% 1.09E−15 37 37 D1_CncD1 292 T C 115091 25 0.02% 2.66E−15 38 36 D1_CncD1 310 T C 133079 20 0.02% 5.56E−22 39 39 D1_CncD1 320 T C 135294 21 0.02% 6.86E−22 40 39 D1_CncD1 325 T C 136661 26 0.02% 1.72E−19 40 36 D1_CncD1 334 T C 131216 23 0.02% 7.30E−20 39 39 D1_CncD1 340 T C 136520 23 0.02% 5.00E−21 40 39 D1_CncD1 346 T C 132259 26 0.02% 1.37E−18 39 39 D1_CncD1 353 T C 136802 33 0.02% 2.31E−16 39 41 D1_CncD1 355 T C 135362 26 0.02% 2.89E−19 39 39 D1_CncD1 357 T C 136498 25 0.02% 5.46E−20 40 39 D1_CncD1 358 T C 134523 29 0.02% 1.21E−17 40 38 D1_CncD1 361 T C 131288 27 0.02% 6.75E−18 38 39 D1_CncD1 371 T C 113056 26 0.02% 1.95E−14 39 40 D1_CncD1 373 T C 138643 21 0.02% 1.31E−22 40 39 D1_CncD1 374 T C 132164 32 0.02% 6.15E−16 40 40 D1_CncD1 391 T C 128678 31 0.02% 1.64E−15 39 40 D1_CncD1 395 T C 140603 27 0.02% 6.61E−20 40 40 D1_CncD1 17 T C 166941 22 0.01% 7.57E−29 40 37 D1_CncD1 22 T C 162365 21 0.01% 1.75E−28 40 41 D1_CncD1 47 T C 162544 24 0.01% 1.17E−26 40 40 D1_CncD1 49 T C 165646 22 0.01% 1.34E−28 40 39 D1_CncD1 63 T C 163953 18 0.01% 1.00E−30 40 40 D1_CncD1 108 T C 147555 18 0.01% 1.16E−26 38 39 D1_CncD1 141 T C 136262 20 0.01% 1.05E−22 39 37 D1_CncD1 273 T C 117416 13 0.01% 2.11E−22 38 36 D1_CncD1 275 T C 115070 13 0.01% 6.84E−22 38 39 D1_CncD1 276 T C 118522 12 0.01% 2.30E−23 39 39 D1_CncD1 285 T C 117888 17 0.01% 7.40E−20 38 39 D1_CncD1 288 T C 106141 15 0.01% 2.31E−18 38 40 D1_CncD1 312 T C 134499 18 0.01% 2.02E−23 40 37 D1_CncD1 332 T C 133915 19 0.01% 1.44E−22 40 39 D1_CncD1 336 T C 133557 19 0.01% 1.44E−22 39 39 D1_CncD1 386 T C 138642 18 0.01% 2.06E−24 40 40 D1_CncD1 388 T C 134578 18 0.01% 2.02E−23 39 40 D1_CncD1 406 T C 101210 11 0.01% 1.11E−19 38 37 E1_CncE1 342 T C 57743 24 0.04% 1.58E−04 39 37 E1_CncE1 22 T C 69866 19 0.03% 3.88E−08 40 39 E1_CncE1 347 T C 40803 11 0.03% 2.84E−05 37 38 E1_CncE1 380 T C 55923 19 0.03% 1.68E−05 38 37 E1_CncE1 143 T C 52016 12 0.02% 2.27E−07 38 40 E1_CncE1 354 T C 53777 11 0.02% 4.99E−08 38 37 E1_CncE1 438 T C 58077 13 0.02% 3.11E−08 38 33 E1_CncE1 101 T C 66342 8 0.01% 8.93E−13 40 38 E1_CncE1 124 T C 62390 8 0.01% 9.03E−12 39 38 E1_CncE1 351 T C 53344 7 0.01% 3.80E−10 38 39 E1_CncE1 364 T C 28994 3 0.01% 2.31E−06 36 33 E1_CncE1 365 T C 38213 5 0.01% 1.24E−07 36 41 E1_CncE1 398 T C 49318 7 0.01% 3.70E−09 38 38 eGFP 138 T C 30631 77 0.25% 3.08E−06 34 37 eGFP 379 T C 60033 133 0.22% 7.70E−08 38 39 eGFP 397 T C 66497 148 0.22% 1.02E−08 38 40 eGFP 309 T C 58325 117 0.20% 4.77E−06 38 37 eGFP 295 T C 55806 109 0.19% 1.48E−05 38 39 eGFP 359 T C 66174 124 0.19% 1.53E−05 38 40 eGFP 67 T C 96636 176 0.18% 6.94E−07 39 40 eGFP 99 T C 93645 155 0.17% 4.92E−05 39 40 eGFP 100 T C 84304 144 0.17% 4.23E−05 38 39 eGFP 324 T C 61012 104 0.17% 5.04E−04 38 39 eGFP 364 T C 72132 120 0.17% 3.25E−04 39 40 eGFP 79 T C 90349 143 0.16% 3.11E−04 39 40 eGFP 144 T C 61919 101 0.16% 1.39E−03 37 38 eGFP 51 T C 90733 139 0.15% 7.25E−04 38 39 eGFP 46 T C 85309 123 0.14% 5.04E−03 38 40 eGFP 70 T C 83413 117 0.14% 9.66E−03 38 39 eGFP 382 T C 78704 44 0.06% 1.33E−03 40 39 eGFP 9 T C 103516 11 0.01% 3.39E−20 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 454 T C 69906 193 0.28% 8.34E−15 39 40 p21_Cdkn1A 98 T C 68451 182 0.27% 1.64E−13 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 76 T C 69121 180 0.26% 6.38E−13 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 131 T C 55788 121 0.22% 3.53E−07 38 37 p21_Cdkn1A 37 T C 72258 122 0.17% 2.02E−04 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 136 T C 60548 101 0.17% 7.64E−04 37 38 p21_Cdkn1A 137 T C 55625 93 0.17% 1.11E−03 37 37 p21_Cdkn1A 406 T C 57010 91 0.16% 3.22E−03 38 40 p21_Cdkn1A 374 T C 68518 102 0.15% 5.55E−03 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 2 T C 73480 26 0.04% 1.23E−06 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 385 T C 60549 25 0.04% 9.29E−05 38 37 p21_Cdkn1A 436 T C 74473 29 0.04% 5.32E−06 40 34 p21_Cdkn1A 387 T C 62666 18 0.03% 4.04E−07 38 36 p21_Cdkn1A 13 T C 71948 12 0.02% 1.18E−11 39 35 p21_Cdkn1A 15 T C 73165 11 0.02% 1.11E−12 40 37 p21_Cdkn1A 351 T C 63139 10 0.02% 7.68E−11 38 38 p21_Cdkn1A 354 T C 63118 13 0.02% 2.50E−09 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 384 T C 69263 13 0.02% 1.12E−10 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 49 T C 69003 10 0.01% 2.74E−12 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 349 T C 61597 9 0.01% 6.35E−11 38 35 p21_Cdkn1A 446 T C 63508 7 0.01% 1.12E−12 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 457 T C 72864 8 0.01% 2.65E−14 40 37 PCNA 350 T C 130542 49 0.04% 5.79E−10 38 38 PCNA 64 T C 190626 48 0.03% 1.73E−21 40 40 PCNA 107 T C 179080 46 0.03% 4.97E−20 39 39 PCNA 116 T C 182831 56 0.03% 4.79E−17 40 39 PCNA 360 T C 163315 56 0.03% 1.28E−13 39 37 PCNA 366 T C 153009 47 0.03% 1.33E−14 39 39 PCNA 390 T C 159604 40 0.03% 2.65E−18 39 40 PCNA 442 T C 141429 43 0.03% 1.11E−13 39 40 PCNA 26 T C 192895 29 0.02% 5.42E−31 40 39 PCNA 69 T C 193335 40 0.02% 1.53E−25 40 40 PCNA 70 T C 188365 34 0.02% 2.46E−27 39 39 PCNA 112 T C 177487 34 0.02% 7.87E−25 39 39 PCNA 329 T C 142706 25 0.02% 2.27E−21 38 37 PCNA 352 T C 132421 23 0.02% 4.28E−20 38 39 PCNA 376 T C 169446 36 0.02% 4.11E−22 40 39 PCNA 382 T C 169810 30 0.02% 5.11E−25 40 37 PCNA 384 T C 151558 24 0.02% 5.06E−24 38 39 PCNA 393 T C 166445 26 0.02% 1.79E−26 39 39 PCNA 394 T C 174327 31 0.02% 1.18E−25 40 39 PCNA 28 T C 188809 23 0.01% 1.07E−33 40 40 PCNA 42 T C 191224 28 0.01% 2.47E−31 40 39 PCNA 46 T C 173747 19 0.01% 1.36E−32 39 39 PCNA 83 T C 157730 21 0.01% 3.04E−27 38 39 PCNA 89 T C 187523 20 0.01% 1.74E−35 40 39 PCNA 91 T C 185058 27 0.01% 1.81E−30 40 39 PCNA 93 T C 181409 23 0.01% 6.06E−32 39 40 PCNA 348 T C 141999 17 0.01% 4.64E−26 38 37 PCNA 353 T C 148838 16 0.01% 2.86E−28 38 37 PCNA 370 T C 162447 22 0.01% 7.37E−28 39 39 PCNA 372 T C 167176 21 0.01% 9.89E−30 39 39 PCNA 374 T C 164677 23 0.01% 9.69E−28 39 39 PCNA 409 T C 158353 18 0.01% 1.90E−29 39 40 PCNA 417 T C 157874 20 0.01% 7.11E−28 39 40 PCNA 431 T C 168419 19 0.01% 2.59E−31 39 40

TABLE 4 T-to-C mutation frequencies in amplicon sequences: 50 μM 4sU WITH OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment NAME POS REF ALT REFdepth ALTdepth mutFREQ PVAL avgREFBASEQUAL avgALTBASEQUAL A2_CcnA2 314 T C 16003 67 0.42% 6.67E−09 34 37 A2_CcnA2 359 T C 81930 154 0.19% 1.59E−06 39 40 A2_CcnA2 93 T C 98545 174 0.18% 2.34E−06 40 40 A2_CcnA2 429 T C 86785 145 0.17% 6.21E−05 40 40 A2_CcnA2 33 T C 100119 137 0.14% 9.55E−03 40 40 A2_CcnA2 36 T C 99982 142 0.14% 4.11E−03 40 40 A2_CcnA2 128 T C 94627 132 0.14% 6.81E−03 39 39 A2_CcnA2 430 T C 86662 124 0.14% 5.23E−03 40 40 A2_CcnA2 72 T C 95142 54 0.06% 4.89E−04 39 39 A2_CcnA2 79 T C 99815 55 0.06% 2.44E−04 40 40 A2_CcnA2 77 T C 97533 51 0.05% 9.66E−05 40 40 A2_CcnA2 108 T C 92773 50 0.05% 2.66E−04 39 39 A2_CcnA2 406 T C 85534 47 0.05% 5.95E−04 40 40 A2_CcnA2 56 T C 100315 42 0.04% 6.16E−07 40 39 A2_CcnA2 441 T C 88574 20 0.02% 1.15E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 20 T C 100970 14 0.01% 1.71E−17 40 40 B1_CncB1 336 T C 87096 550 0.63% 1.03E−83 39 39 B1_CncB1 372 T C 94483 551 0.58% 1.50E−79 40 40 B1_CncB1 373 T C 95486 548 0.57% 2.54E−78 40 40 B1_CncB1 97 T C 100842 551 0.54% 2.05E−76 40 39 B1_CncB1 380 T C 91864 503 0.54% 5.14E−70 39 40 B1_CncB1 333 T C 87675 458 0.52% 8.78E−62 39 39 B1_CncB1 376 T C 94155 491 0.52% 2.83E−66 40 40 B1_CncB1 422 T C 94046 495 0.52% 3.51E−67 40 40 B1_CncB1 334 T C 88815 451 0.51% 1.02E−59 39 39 B1_CncB1 348 T C 92612 477 0.51% 1.31E−63 39 39 B1_CncB1 399 T C 95084 469 0.49% 7.36E−61 40 40 B1_CncB1 128 T C 101356 489 0.48% 1.84E−62 39 39 B1_CncB1 345 T C 92259 448 0.48% 1.27E−57 39 39 B1_CncB1 43 T C 107880 507 0.47% 3.51E−63 40 40 B1_CncB1 368 T C 95050 448 0.47% 3.13E−56 40 39 B1_CncB1 366 T C 94392 436 0.46% 4.54E−54 40 39 B1_CncB1 42 T C 107949 477 0.44% 1.05E−56 40 40 B1_CncB1 367 T C 95590 421 0.44% 5.85E−50 40 39 B1_CncB1 382 T C 94088 418 0.44% 3.47E−50 40 40 B1_CncB1 426 T C 95359 425 0.44% 3.01E−51 40 40 B1_CncB1 50 T C 105162 450 0.43% 2.94E−52 40 40 B1_CncB1 421 T C 95776 416 0.43% 6.76E−49 40 40 B1_CncB1 61 T C 107000 456 0.42% 1.12E−52 40 40 B1_CncB1 354 T C 92934 388 0.42% 2.89E−44 39 39 B1_CncB1 433 T C 94693 396 0.42% 4.14E−45 40 40 B1_CncB1 60 T C 106200 434 0.41% 1.70E−48 40 40 B1_CncB1 144 T C 82948 340 0.41% 2.20E−38 38 39 B1_CncB1 374 T C 95278 390 0.41% 7.36E−44 40 40 B1_CncB1 83 T C 100810 406 0.40% 9.75E−45 39 40 B1_CncB1 98 T C 99663 404 0.40% 9.97E−45 40 39 B1_CncB1 377 T C 95182 384 0.40% 1.28E−42 40 40 B1_CncB1 54 T C 104589 405 0.39% 2.40E−43 40 40 B1_CncB1 330 T C 85719 338 0.39% 9.00E−37 39 39 B1_CncB1 407 T C 97094 385 0.39% 5.03E−42 40 40 B1_CncB1 418 T C 97319 383 0.39% 1.29E−41 40 40 B1_CncB1 89 T C 106152 395 0.37% 1.42E−40 40 40 B1_CncB1 362 T C 91507 343 0.37% 7.49E−36 39 39 B1_CncB1 20 T C 106250 387 0.36% 5.46E−39 40 40 B1_CncB1 62 T C 108326 394 0.36% 1.24E−39 40 40 B1_CncB1 116 T C 101343 368 0.36% 4.38E−37 39 39 B1_CncB1 111 T C 101997 346 0.34% 1.79E−32 39 39 B1_CncB1 123 T C 99184 342 0.34% 9.52E−33 39 39 B1_CncB1 416 T C 97612 329 0.34% 5.88E−31 40 40 B1_CncB1 440 T C 97200 330 0.34% 3.79E−31 40 40 B1_CncB1 90 T C 105159 348 0.33% 7.80E−32 40 40 B1_CncB1 103 T C 99730 335 0.33% 4.51E−31 39 39 B1_CncB1 117 T C 102205 342 0.33% 1.03E−31 39 39 B1_CncB1 27 T C 105183 341 0.32% 1.58E−30 40 40 B1_CncB1 369 T C 95592 311 0.32% 3.05E−28 40 39 B1_CncB1 415 T C 96094 305 0.32% 8.32E−27 40 40 B1_CncB1 386 T C 95492 297 0.31% 1.16E−25 40 39 B1_CncB1 387 T C 94750 298 0.31% 7.60E−26 40 40 B1_CncB1 113 T C 104638 318 0.30% 1.20E−26 40 40 B1_CncB1 129 T C 97766 299 0.30% 4.34E−25 39 38 B1_CncB1 139 T C 91557 276 0.30% 4.02E−23 39 39 B1_CncB1 341 T C 87471 261 0.30% 1.15E−21 39 39 B1_CncB1 349 T C 94129 286 0.30% 5.44E−24 39 39 B1_CncB1 436 T C 95801 288 0.30% 9.74E−24 40 40 B1_CncB1 332 T C 88567 260 0.29% 3.43E−21 39 38 B1_CncB1 346 T C 90027 261 0.29% 8.91E−21 39 39 B1_CncB1 92 T C 105410 297 0.28% 1.14E−22 40 40 B1_CncB1 352 T C 94168 261 0.28% 1.22E−19 39 39 B1_CncB1 417 T C 97534 275 0.28% 3.54E−21 40 40 B1_CncB1 29 T C 108103 298 0.27% 5.31E−22 40 40 B1_CncB1 353 T C 92863 254 0.27% 9.75E−19 39 39 B1_CncB1 356 T C 91559 245 0.27% 8.82E−18 39 39 B1_CncB1 396 T C 93998 250 0.27% 8.31E−18 40 40 B1_CncB1 328 T C 75151 194 0.26% 1.21E−13 37 37 B1_CncB1 108 T C 89446 225 0.25% 4.63E−15 38 40 B1_CncB1 137 T C 91781 218 0.24% 1.70E−13 39 39 B1_CncB1 358 T C 89479 215 0.24% 1.66E−13 39 39 B1_CncB1 53 T C 105908 245 0.23% 3.99E−14 40 40 B1_CncB1 405 T C 95874 222 0.23% 5.84E−13 40 39 B1_CncB1 408 T C 96799 219 0.23% 2.63E−12 40 40 B1_CncB1 115 T C 102051 222 0.22% 1.10E−11 39 39 B1_CncB1 38 T C 106129 221 0.21% 9.20E−11 40 40 B1_CncB1 338 T C 84482 179 0.21% 2.27E−09 39 39 B1_CncB1 72 T C 102692 210 0.20% 4.60E−10 39 40 B1_CncB1 454 T C 97751 193 0.20% 8.86E−09 40 40 B1_CncB1 45 T C 108167 197 0.18% 1.92E−07 40 40 B1_CncB1 102 T C 96984 171 0.18% 3.58E−06 39 39 B1_CncB1 351 T C 93942 145 0.15% 5.83E−04 39 40 B1_CncB1 409 T C 96672 145 0.15% 9.57E−04 40 40 D1_CncD1 377 T C 110677 352 0.32% 1.31E−30 40 40 D1_CncD1 99 T C 63809 197 0.31% 2.92E−17 35 39 D1_CncD1 141 T C 71007 218 0.31% 7.08E−19 36 39 D1_CncD1 392 T C 112954 348 0.31% 2.98E−29 40 40 D1_CncD1 336 T C 108258 317 0.29% 2.91E−25 40 40 D1_CncD1 333 T C 106976 302 0.28% 5.86E−23 40 40 D1_CncD1 33 T C 130459 350 0.27% 1.09E−24 40 40 D1_CncD1 45 T C 129191 331 0.26% 7.24E−22 40 40 D1_CncD1 332 T C 106626 279 0.26% 2.15E−19 40 40 D1_CncD1 292 T C 98825 248 0.25% 3.26E−16 39 39 D1_CncD1 361 T C 104405 261 0.25% 5.04E−17 38 40 D1_CncD1 395 T C 112640 279 0.25% 6.99E−18 40 40 D1_CncD1 61 T C 127064 309 0.24% 6.44E−19 40 40 D1_CncD1 106 T C 78877 178 0.23% 2.93E−10 35 39 D1_CncD1 329 T C 108124 250 0.23% 2.04E−14 40 39 D1_CncD1 334 T C 108151 251 0.23% 1.45E−14 40 40 D1_CncD1 393 T C 113080 259 0.23% 1.24E−14 40 40 D1_CncD1 35 T C 129769 282 0.22% 2.52E−14 40 40 D1_CncD1 276 T C 90624 196 0.22% 1.64E−10 39 39 D1_CncD1 320 T C 107558 233 0.22% 3.37E−12 40 40 D1_CncD1 340 T C 109260 240 0.22% 9.12E−13 40 40 D1_CncD1 22 T C 128521 274 0.21% 1.26E−13 40 40 D1_CncD1 48 T C 131552 275 0.21% 3.54E−13 40 40 D1_CncD1 285 T C 93900 197 0.21% 7.41E−10 39 39 D1_CncD1 287 T C 98102 206 0.21% 2.71E−10 39 38 D1_CncD1 357 T C 111252 236 0.21% 8.23E−12 40 40 D1_CncD1 27 T C 130648 257 0.20% 5.00E−11 40 40 D1_CncD1 273 T C 94820 192 0.20% 5.19E−09 38 38 D1_CncD1 358 T C 110958 217 0.20% 2.43E−09 40 40 D1_CncD1 362 T C 113430 224 0.20% 7.23E−10 39 40 D1_CncD1 26 T C 129670 250 0.19% 2.48E−10 40 40 D1_CncD1 62 T C 128575 241 0.19% 2.06E−09 40 40 D1_CncD1 63 T C 129089 250 0.19% 2.48E−10 40 40 D1_CncD1 296 T C 94400 182 0.19% 6.32E−08 38 39 D1_CncD1 359 T C 112064 216 0.19% 4.78E−09 40 39 D1_CncD1 388 T C 113141 210 0.19% 3.63E−08 40 40 D1_CncD1 391 T C 112678 212 0.19% 1.46E−08 40 40 D1_CncD1 17 T C 133044 234 0.18% 7.38E−08 40 40 D1_CncD1 25 T C 126391 225 0.18% 6.89E−08 40 40 D1_CncD1 82 T C 120157 221 0.18% 2.41E−08 39 40 D1_CncD1 116 T C 108556 192 0.18% 6.99E−07 39 39 D1_CncD1 283 T C 100440 185 0.18% 2.65E−07 39 39 D1_CncD1 325 T C 108514 201 0.18% 6.61E−08 40 40 D1_CncD1 44 T C 130699 220 0.17% 8.53E−07 40 40 D1_CncD1 104 T C 59491 103 0.17% 3.38E−04 35 40 D1_CncD1 107 T C 97095 167 0.17% 9.65E−06 36 38 D1_CncD1 142 T C 84741 143 0.17% 5.39E−05 36 38 D1_CncD1 143 T C 91247 156 0.17% 2.09E−05 37 37 D1_CncD1 288 T C 97960 164 0.17% 2.69E−05 39 39 D1_CncD1 295 T C 96841 166 0.17% 1.23E−05 39 39 D1_CncD1 327 T C 108978 191 0.17% 1.25E−06 40 40 D1_CncD1 386 T C 112850 192 0.17% 3.51E−06 40 40 D1_CncD1 39 T C 126767 200 0.16% 2.43E−05 40 40 D1_CncD1 49 T C 131974 210 0.16% 1.44E−05 40 40 D1_CncD1 87 T C 123830 201 0.16% 1.13E−05 39 40 D1_CncD1 275 T C 91144 144 0.16% 3.28E−04 39 39 D1_CncD1 294 T C 96721 151 0.16% 2.79E−04 39 39 D1_CncD1 311 T C 108131 178 0.16% 2.05E−05 40 39 D1_CncD1 346 T C 108973 171 0.16% 1.25E−04 40 40 D1_CncD1 353 T C 110139 175 0.16% 6.99E−05 40 40 D1_CncD1 355 T C 111375 181 0.16% 2.47E−05 40 40 D1_CncD1 126 T C 102037 149 0.15% 1.79E−03 38 38 D1_CncD1 371 T C 110305 165 0.15% 5.42E−04 40 40 D1_CncD1 108 T C 108098 147 0.14% 8.55E−03 37 38 D1_CncD1 272 T C 93664 134 0.14% 3.88E−03 38 38 D1_CncD1 274 T C 95252 136 0.14% 4.16E−03 38 38 D1_CncD1 84 T C 122240 46 0.04% 1.94E−09 39 39 E1_CncE1 364 T C 28552 512 1.76%  1.88E−116 37 39 E1_CncE1 121 T C 31970 370 1.14% 1.01E−74 38 39 E1_CncE1 362 T C 26238 268 1.01% 2.39E−52 37 39 E1_CncE1 124 T C 32565 306 0.93% 7.91E−58 39 39 E1_CncE1 347 T C 29079 265 0.90% 2.27E−49 37 38 E1_CncE1 363 T C 28122 247 0.87% 1.92E−45 37 39 E1_CncE1 410 T C 34880 308 0.87% 3.23E−56 39 40 E1_CncE1 351 T C 28098 234 0.83% 3.99E−42 37 39 E1_CncE1 47 T C 38304 316 0.82% 3.33E−56 40 40 E1_CncE1 423 T C 36584 298 0.81% 5.54E−53 40 40 E1_CncE1 417 T C 33239 237 0.71% 1.15E−39 39 39 E1_CncE1 101 T C 36516 250 0.68% 4.97E−41 39 39 E1_CncE1 366 T C 31509 216 0.68% 1.00E−35 38 40 E1_CncE1 79 T C 37597 244 0.64% 5.55E−39 39 40 E1_CncE1 441 T C 37387 241 0.64% 2.93E−38 40 40 E1_CncE1 367 T C 30876 187 0.60% 9.38E−29 38 39 E1_CncE1 357 T C 29463 176 0.59% 3.01E−27 37 38 E1_CncE1 368 T C 33124 198 0.59% 2.95E−30 39 39 E1_CncE1 343 T C 31342 176 0.56% 3.55E−26 37 38 E1_CncE1 86 T C 37255 202 0.54% 4.43E−29 39 39 E1_CncE1 339 T C 29576 152 0.51% 1.11E−21 37 38 E1_CncE1 354 T C 26010 127 0.49% 1.64E−17 37 38 E1_CncE1 445 T C 36811 176 0.48% 1.07E−23 40 39 E1_CncE1 95 T C 38264 172 0.45% 6.55E−22 40 39 E1_CncE1 340 T C 30601 133 0.43% 5.12E−17 37 37 E1_CncE1 355 T C 28229 121 0.43% 2.59E−15 37 38 E1_CncE1 431 T C 36833 154 0.42% 6.34E−19 40 40 E1_CncE1 385 T C 35068 140 0.40% 2.07E−16 39 39 E1_CncE1 109 T C 36596 139 0.38% 8.19E−16 39 40 E1_CncE1 450 T C 37569 142 0.38% 4.90E−16 40 39 E1_CncE1 346 T C 30403 109 0.36% 4.68E−12 37 38 E1_CncE1 42 T C 39219 138 0.35% 1.68E−14 40 40 E1_CncE1 365 T C 30454 103 0.34% 6.95E−11 38 39 E1_CncE1 84 T C 36119 121 0.33% 2.86E−12 39 40 E1_CncE1 372 T C 31722 99 0.31% 8.58E−10 38 39 E1_CncE1 102 T C 36044 98 0.27% 3.95E−08 39 39 E1_CncE1 104 T C 37642 93 0.25% 4.75E−07 39 40 E1_CncE1 337 T C 29997 76 0.25% 4.47E−06 38 37 E1_CncE1 49 T C 39166 96 0.24% 4.93E−07 40 40 E1_CncE1 344 T C 30046 71 0.24% 2.73E−05 37 37 E1_CncE1 438 T C 36679 86 0.23% 3.40E−06 40 40 E1_CncE1 22 T C 39960 90 0.22% 6.75E−06 40 40 E1_CncE1 52 T C 39186 85 0.22% 2.18E−05 40 40 E1_CncE1 361 T C 27100 59 0.22% 3.62E−04 37 38 E1_CncE1 43 T C 38913 82 0.21% 3.60E−05 40 40 E1_CncE1 48 T C 38990 84 0.21% 3.01E−05 40 40 E1_CncE1 398 T C 34143 65 0.19% 1.19E−03 39 39 E1_CncE1 376 T C 34263 63 0.18% 2.10E−03 39 39 E1_CncE1 107 T C 37420 61 0.16% 9.81E−03 39 40 E1_CncE1 82 T C 36575 13 0.04% 6.99E−04 39 38 E1_CncE1 341 T C 30383 7 0.02% 9.51E−05 37 39 eGFP 138 T C 3938 92 2.27% 2.71E−23 34 36 eGFP 144 T C 16111 121 0.75% 1.65E−21 36 38 eGFP 324 T C 11757 89 0.75% 1.12E−16 37 40 eGFP 309 T C 10067 67 0.66% 7.84E−12 36 37 eGFP 313 T C 12803 82 0.64% 2.56E−14 38 39 eGFP 118 T C 26045 157 0.60% 2.12E−24 38 38 eGFP 292 T C 11936 71 0.59% 1.11E−11 37 39 eGFP 100 T C 28833 149 0.51% 1.70E−21 39 39 eGFP 295 T C 10647 55 0.51% 5.61E−09 37 40 eGFP 364 T C 15654 81 0.51% 1.88E−12 39 40 eGFP 121 T C 28428 130 0.46% 2.98E−17 38 39 eGFP 94 T C 27003 122 0.45% 5.83E−16 38 39 eGFP 99 T C 30195 135 0.45% 1.90E−17 39 40 eGFP 331 T C 15219 69 0.45% 9.24E−10 39 40 eGFP 79 T C 29710 131 0.44% 5.04E−17 39 40 eGFP 70 T C 27821 121 0.43% 9.61E−16 39 39 eGFP 397 T C 16730 71 0.42% 9.36E−10 40 40 eGFP 27 T C 32584 128 0.39% 3.93E−15 40 40 eGFP 370 T C 16072 63 0.39% 4.56E−08 40 40 eGFP 67 T C 31871 121 0.38% 4.32E−14 40 40 eGFP 367 T C 15475 59 0.38% 1.24E−07 39 40 eGFP 359 T C 15809 58 0.37% 1.99E−07 39 40 eGFP 133 T C 25639 89 0.35% 6.32E−10 38 39 eGFP 378 T C 16666 58 0.35% 4.71E−07 40 40 eGFP 379 T C 16317 58 0.35% 4.71E−07 39 40 eGFP 401 T C 16270 56 0.34% 1.17E−06 40 40 eGFP 52 T C 31773 101 0.32% 3.64E−10 40 40 eGFP 382 T C 16451 52 0.32% 6.90E−06 40 40 eGFP 85 T C 30887 92 0.30% 7.98E−09 39 40 eGFP 51 T C 31133 84 0.27% 3.92E−07 39 40 eGFP 46 T C 28515 73 0.26% 4.24E−06 39 40 eGFP 403 T C 16689 44 0.26% 1.95E−04 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 446 T C 69753 554 0.79% 4.90E−95 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 121 T C 50810 394 0.77% 2.71E−67 37 39 p21_Cdkn1A 125 T C 64576 464 0.71% 7.60E−76 38 38 p21_Cdkn1A 131 T C 54628 337 0.61% 1.45E−51 37 39 p21_Cdkn1A 137 T C 61371 353 0.57% 1.64E−51 37 38 p21_Cdkn1A 356 T C 55558 321 0.57% 3.04E−47 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 49 T C 74290 352 0.47% 7.58E−45 39 40 p21_Cdkn1A 352 T C 59255 280 0.47% 5.93E−36 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 374 T C 66137 310 0.47% 2.57E−39 39 40 p21_Cdkn1A 354 T C 54172 244 0.45% 2.24E−30 38 40 p21_Cdkn1A 350 T C 60059 267 0.44% 1.10E−32 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 132 T C 52222 228 0.43% 8.09E−28 37 38 p21_Cdkn1A 361 T C 53650 231 0.43% 5.01E−28 38 40 p21_Cdkn1A 378 T C 62420 268 0.43% 4.90E−32 39 40 p21_Cdkn1A 347 T C 63647 247 0.39% 2.93E−27 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 126 T C 62747 238 0.38% 8.02E−26 38 38 p21_Cdkn1A 439 T C 70197 233 0.33% 5.77E−22 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 436 T C 70167 183 0.26% 3.77E−13 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 437 T C 69344 180 0.26% 6.38E−13 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 447 T C 69978 180 0.26% 1.15E−12 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 434 T C 69618 169 0.24% 3.54E−11 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 55 T C 78553 185 0.23% 1.64E−11 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 94 T C 73973 169 0.23% 4.91E−10 39 40 p21_Cdkn1A 114 T C 68785 152 0.22% 7.22E−09 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 133 T C 52930 88 0.17% 2.00E−03 37 38 p21_Cdkn1A 334 T C 47404 79 0.17% 2.75E−03 37 38 p21_Cdkn1A 32 T C 78470 41 0.05% 4.42E−04 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 122 T C 58172 15 0.03% 2.03E−07 37 36 p21_Cdkn1A 385 T C 64321 20 0.03% 7.87E−07 39 36 p21_Cdkn1A 457 T C 67935 23 0.03% 1.88E−06 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 2 T C 79054 18 0.02% 1.34E−10 40 40 PCNA 145 T C 15020 87 0.58% 7.59E−14 34 38 PCNA 438 T C 91470 179 0.20% 4.53E−08 40 40 PCNA 47 T C 102359 173 0.17% 1.09E−05 40 40 PCNA 353 T C 80534 141 0.17% 2.43E−05 38 40 PCNA 426 T C 92806 157 0.17% 2.25E−05 40 40 PCNA 390 T C 89738 140 0.16% 4.53E−04 40 40 PCNA 69 T C 108282 164 0.15% 4.08E−04 40 40 PCNA 136 T C 90575 136 0.15% 1.33E−03 38 39 PCNA 352 T C 79764 117 0.15% 4.01E−03 39 39 PCNA 409 T C 87349 135 0.15% 7.70E−04 40 40 PCNA 46 T C 100116 139 0.14% 6.87E−03 39 40 PCNA 128 T C 98924 58 0.06% 8.49E−04 39 39 PCNA 372 T C 91029 51 0.06% 4.95E−04 40 40 PCNA 374 T C 86805 50 0.06% 1.27E−03 39 40 PCNA 376 T C 90187 51 0.06% 6.42E−04 40 40 PCNA 434 T C 91952 55 0.06% 1.42E−03 40 40 PCNA 83 T C 87098 46 0.05% 2.37E−04 38 39 PCNA 393 T C 90394 42 0.05% 1.78E−05 40 39 PCNA 396 T C 89196 44 0.05% 5.89E−05 39 39 PCNA 425 T C 92247 46 0.05% 5.55E−05 40 40 PCNA 19 T C 107758 42 0.04% 4.96E−08 40 39 PCNA 38 T C 97486 42 0.04% 1.74E−06 39 40 PCNA 54 T C 104403 44 0.04% 4.40E−07 40 40 PCNA 70 T C 105732 41 0.04% 5.81E−08 40 40 PCNA 93 T C 99610 42 0.04% 8.74E−07 39 39 PCNA 96 T C 102093 34 0.03% 2.16E−09 39 40

TABLE 5 T-to-C mutation frequencies in amplicon sequences: 100 μM 4sU WITH OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment NAME POS REF ALT REFdepth ALTdepth mutFREQ PVAL avgREFBASEQUAL avgALTBASEQUAL A2_CcnA2 314 T C 17229 47 0.27% 1.12E−04 34 37 A2_CcnA2 93 T C 95768 154 0.16% 1.11E−04 40 40 A2_CcnA2 77 T C 94703 53 0.06% 4.51E−04 40 40 A2_CcnA2 344 T C 81562 47 0.06% 1.68E−03 39 40 A2_CcnA2 396 T C 88361 51 0.06% 1.07E−03 40 40 A2_CcnA2 22 T C 96154 47 0.05% 2.54E−05 40 40 A2_CcnA2 56 T C 97232 51 0.05% 9.66E−05 40 40 A2_CcnA2 74 T C 93292 49 0.05% 1.38E−04 40 40 A2_CcnA2 328 T C 74174 36 0.05% 1.85E−04 38 38 A2_CcnA2 108 T C 90484 35 0.04% 4.58E−07 40 39 B1_CncB1 372 T C 78828 517 0.65% 2.17E−80 40 40 B1_CncB1 90 T C 82706 522 0.63% 2.67E−79 40 40 B1_CncB1 374 T C 79457 491 0.61% 3.60E−74 40 40 B1_CncB1 376 T C 78643 466 0.59% 2.85E−68 40 39 B1_CncB1 366 T C 78836 456 0.58% 6.18E−66 40 39 B1_CncB1 128 T C 80127 450 0.56% 5.15E−64 39 39 B1_CncB1 382 T C 78664 393 0.50% 1.44E−51 40 40 B1_CncB1 367 T C 79817 397 0.49% 5.55E−52 40 39 B1_CncB1 373 T C 79744 381 0.48% 1.91E−48 40 39 B1_CncB1 334 T C 74480 355 0.47% 1.66E−45 39 39 B1_CncB1 416 T C 81354 375 0.46% 1.12E−46 40 40 B1_CncB1 380 T C 77105 352 0.45% 1.74E−43 39 39 B1_CncB1 333 T C 73215 321 0.44% 1.39E−38 39 39 B1_CncB1 346 T C 74830 331 0.44% 7.48E−40 39 39 B1_CncB1 387 T C 79064 347 0.44% 1.56E−41 40 40 B1_CncB1 422 T C 78794 347 0.44% 1.55E−41 40 40 B1_CncB1 137 T C 72495 311 0.43% 6.91E−37 39 39 B1_CncB1 426 T C 79682 342 0.43% 4.78E−40 40 40 B1_CncB1 38 T C 83781 344 0.41% 8.33E−39 40 40 B1_CncB1 440 T C 81257 334 0.41% 5.91E−38 40 40 B1_CncB1 417 T C 81403 327 0.40% 1.66E−36 40 40 B1_CncB1 123 T C 78311 310 0.39% 3.27E−34 39 39 B1_CncB1 377 T C 79551 309 0.39% 1.30E−33 40 40 B1_CncB1 97 T C 79964 302 0.38% 8.15E−32 40 39 B1_CncB1 98 T C 79033 302 0.38% 3.39E−32 40 40 B1_CncB1 103 T C 79125 304 0.38% 1.34E−32 39 39 B1_CncB1 116 T C 80234 307 0.38% 8.06E−33 39 39 B1_CncB1 328 T C 62391 237 0.38% 1.28E−25 37 37 B1_CncB1 345 T C 77092 292 0.38% 5.97E−31 39 39 B1_CncB1 60 T C 83848 310 0.37% 6.58E−32 40 40 B1_CncB1 129 T C 77324 283 0.36% 3.71E−29 39 38 B1_CncB1 50 T C 83021 295 0.35% 2.51E−29 40 40 B1_CncB1 61 T C 84477 294 0.35% 8.91E−29 40 40 B1_CncB1 62 T C 85160 299 0.35% 2.17E−29 40 40 B1_CncB1 330 T C 71978 252 0.35% 6.66E−25 39 39 B1_CncB1 348 T C 77510 270 0.35% 1.30E−26 39 39 B1_CncB1 43 T C 85102 278 0.33% 2.14E−25 40 40 B1_CncB1 358 T C 74562 247 0.33% 2.95E−23 39 39 B1_CncB1 396 T C 78642 257 0.33% 8.54E−24 40 40 B1_CncB1 117 T C 80847 261 0.32% 1.50E−23 39 39 B1_CncB1 341 T C 73130 238 0.32% 6.66E−22 39 39 B1_CncB1 353 T C 77394 251 0.32% 5.26E−23 39 39 B1_CncB1 451 T C 81093 256 0.31% 1.25E−22 40 40 B1_CncB1 113 T C 82500 249 0.30% 4.74E−21 40 40 B1_CncB1 369 T C 79995 238 0.30% 1.06E−19 40 39 B1_CncB1 421 T C 80248 245 0.30% 5.99E−21 40 40 B1_CncB1 436 T C 80004 237 0.30% 1.59E−19 40 40 B1_CncB1 54 T C 82820 238 0.29% 8.06E−19 40 40 B1_CncB1 72 T C 81138 240 0.29% 9.36E−20 40 40 B1_CncB1 89 T C 83776 246 0.29% 6.41E−20 40 40 B1_CncB1 349 T C 78521 225 0.29% 5.15E−18 39 39 B1_CncB1 356 T C 76090 225 0.29% 1.33E−18 39 39 B1_CncB1 433 T C 79213 230 0.29% 1.36E−18 40 40 B1_CncB1 336 T C 73123 204 0.28% 7.82E−16 39 39 B1_CncB1 368 T C 79647 221 0.28% 4.82E−17 40 39 B1_CncB1 418 T C 81630 233 0.28% 1.56E−18 40 40 B1_CncB1 53 T C 83461 222 0.27% 4.05E−16 40 40 B1_CncB1 111 T C 80562 221 0.27% 9.15E−17 39 39 B1_CncB1 332 T C 73702 203 0.27% 1.16E−15 39 39 B1_CncB1 399 T C 79847 219 0.27% 1.98E−16 40 40 B1_CncB1 407 T C 81039 220 0.27% 2.53E−16 40 40 B1_CncB1 85 T C 82212 213 0.26% 6.53E−15 40 40 B1_CncB1 405 T C 80276 206 0.26% 2.69E−14 40 39 B1_CncB1 20 T C 85206 210 0.25% 1.09E−13 40 40 B1_CncB1 108 T C 71091 176 0.25% 8.76E−12 38 40 B1_CncB1 115 T C 80685 204 0.25% 5.62E−14 39 39 B1_CncB1 351 T C 78288 197 0.25% 2.30E−13 39 39 B1_CncB1 354 T C 77671 198 0.25% 8.94E−14 39 39 B1_CncB1 408 T C 80953 201 0.25% 2.95E−13 40 40 B1_CncB1 45 T C 85165 204 0.24% 9.10E−13 40 40 B1_CncB1 92 T C 83194 201 0.24% 8.87E−13 40 40 B1_CncB1 42 T C 84936 193 0.23% 3.90E−11 40 40 B1_CncB1 27 T C 83380 185 0.22% 2.06E−10 40 40 B1_CncB1 139 T C 72494 163 0.22% 1.35E−09 39 39 B1_CncB1 386 T C 79842 180 0.22% 2.47E−10 40 40 B1_CncB1 102 T C 77004 165 0.21% 7.65E−09 39 40 B1_CncB1 362 T C 76543 164 0.21% 6.63E−09 39 39 B1_CncB1 409 T C 80977 169 0.21% 1.33E−08 40 40 B1_CncB1 415 T C 80737 173 0.21% 2.41E−09 40 40 B1_CncB1 338 T C 70439 142 0.20% 4.21E−07 39 39 B1_CncB1 352 T C 78610 160 0.20% 5.62E−08 39 39 B1_CncB1 442 T C 81762 153 0.19% 1.44E−06 40 40 B1_CncB1 29 T C 85095 153 0.18% 6.10E−06 40 40 B1_CncB1 144 T C 66483 116 0.17% 1.28E−04 39 39 B1_CncB1 454 T C 82057 31 0.04% 8.58E−07 40 40 D1_CncD1 395 T C 97363 1946 1.96% 0.00E+00 40 40 D1_CncD1 393 T C 98529 1112 1.12%  6.94E−219 40 40 D1_CncD1 391 T C 98614 779 0.78%  1.55E−132 40 40 D1_CncD1 392 T C 98759 763 0.77%  1.56E−128 40 40 D1_CncD1 104 T C 49371 321 0.65% 1.38E−50 35 39 D1_CncD1 22 T C 99542 630 0.63% 1.96E−95 40 40 D1_CncD1 336 T C 95044 525 0.55% 1.59E−73 40 40 D1_CncD1 333 T C 94154 503 0.53% 5.34E−69 40 39 D1_CncD1 141 T C 55375 279 0.50% 1.29E−37 36 39 D1_CncD1 292 T C 87004 437 0.50% 1.50E−57 39 39 D1_CncD1 332 T C 93820 472 0.50% 5.26E−62 40 40 D1_CncD1 386 T C 98938 472 0.47% 1.19E−59 40 40 D1_CncD1 388 T C 99215 466 0.47% 2.46E−58 40 40 D1_CncD1 45 T C 100510 452 0.45% 7.54E−55 40 40 D1_CncD1 288 T C 86450 370 0.43% 2.03E−43 39 39 D1_CncD1 359 T C 98567 419 0.42% 1.11E−48 40 39 D1_CncD1 361 T C 92043 383 0.41% 1.23E−43 38 40 D1_CncD1 44 T C 101406 409 0.40% 2.35E−45 40 40 D1_CncD1 61 T C 98337 395 0.40% 1.12E−43 40 40 D1_CncD1 62 T C 99170 391 0.39% 1.85E−42 40 40 D1_CncD1 327 T C 95762 374 0.39% 3.54E−40 40 40 D1_CncD1 26 T C 100436 382 0.38% 3.02E−40 40 40 D1_CncD1 357 T C 97772 374 0.38% 2.10E−39 40 40 D1_CncD1 142 T C 66115 247 0.37% 4.16E−26 36 37 D1_CncD1 340 T C 95946 357 0.37% 9.21E−37 40 40 D1_CncD1 355 T C 97953 363 0.37% 3.31E−37 40 40 D1_CncD1 27 T C 101288 366 0.36% 1.08E−36 40 40 D1_CncD1 287 T C 86092 310 0.36% 3.58E−31 39 39 D1_CncD1 99 T C 49973 174 0.35% 1.37E−17 34 40 D1_CncD1 320 T C 94227 327 0.35% 1.29E−31 40 39 D1_CncD1 329 T C 95300 334 0.35% 1.29E−32 40 40 D1_CncD1 358 T C 97616 343 0.35% 1.20E−33 40 40 D1_CncD1 25 T C 97970 335 0.34% 9.34E−32 40 40 D1_CncD1 295 T C 85496 289 0.34% 1.81E−27 39 39 D1_CncD1 33 T C 101789 342 0.33% 1.02E−31 40 40 D1_CncD1 87 T C 95763 321 0.33% 8.76E−30 39 40 D1_CncD1 116 T C 84032 276 0.33% 2.35E−25 39 39 D1_CncD1 371 T C 97125 317 0.33% 1.06E−28 40 40 D1_CncD1 143 T C 72349 233 0.32% 2.66E−21 37 38 D1_CncD1 276 T C 79921 256 0.32% 5.94E−23 39 38 D1_CncD1 325 T C 95335 302 0.32% 1.41E−26 40 40 D1_CncD1 377 T C 97538 302 0.31% 6.10E−26 40 40 D1_CncD1 49 T C 102259 303 0.30% 1.38E−24 40 40 D1_CncD1 346 T C 95760 293 0.30% 1.25E−24 40 40 D1_CncD1 35 T C 101126 288 0.28% 2.88E−22 40 40 D1_CncD1 294 T C 85101 236 0.28% 6.51E−18 39 38 D1_CncD1 334 T C 95321 271 0.28% 4.63E−21 40 39 D1_CncD1 362 T C 99917 277 0.28% 1.12E−20 39 40 D1_CncD1 63 T C 99857 268 0.27% 3.56E−19 40 40 D1_CncD1 82 T C 93696 252 0.27% 2.10E−18 39 40 D1_CncD1 282 T C 87534 237 0.27% 1.57E−17 39 39 D1_CncD1 48 T C 102022 270 0.26% 5.65E−19 40 40 D1_CncD1 93 T C 82287 211 0.26% 1.37E−14 38 40 D1_CncD1 39 T C 99180 251 0.25% 1.10E−16 40 40 D1_CncD1 106 T C 65615 167 0.25% 7.55E−12 35 39 D1_CncD1 283 T C 87887 223 0.25% 5.41E−15 39 39 D1_CncD1 296 T C 83532 212 0.25% 1.70E−14 38 39 D1_CncD1 309 T C 93779 224 0.24% 1.04E−13 40 39 D1_CncD1 311 T C 95064 230 0.24% 2.18E−14 40 39 D1_CncD1 107 T C 78258 169 0.22% 3.40E−09 36 38 D1_CncD1 108 T C 85602 186 0.22% 3.88E−10 38 39 D1_CncD1 313 T C 95131 206 0.22% 6.92E−11 40 39 D1_CncD1 339 T C 96506 206 0.21% 1.10E−10 40 39 D1_CncD1 374 T C 97112 208 0.21% 9.25E−11 40 40 D1_CncD1 126 T C 80799 162 0.20% 7.22E−08 38 39 D1_CncD1 272 T C 82259 169 0.20% 2.06E−08 38 38 D1_CncD1 310 T C 95070 189 0.20% 1.26E−08 40 40 D1_CncD1 74 T C 99005 190 0.19% 4.63E−08 40 39 D1_CncD1 273 T C 83610 157 0.19% 1.01E−06 38 38 D1_CncD1 285 T C 81655 156 0.19% 6.20E−07 39 39 D1_CncD1 120 T C 86563 152 0.18% 1.11E−05 39 40 D1_CncD1 274 T C 84396 142 0.17% 6.86E−05 38 38 D1_CncD1 312 T C 94754 159 0.17% 2.59E−05 40 39 D1_CncD1 47 T C 100560 149 0.15% 1.14E−03 40 40 D1_CncD1 353 T C 97016 145 0.15% 1.22E−03 40 40 D1_CncD1 72 T C 89037 128 0.14% 4.84E−03 38 40 E1_CncE1 363 T C 41790 452 1.07% 1.29E−88 37 39 E1_CncE1 346 T C 45613 424 0.92% 2.60E−78 37 38 E1_CncE1 364 T C 42721 392 0.91% 3.44E−72 37 39 E1_CncE1 343 T C 47248 429 0.90% 6.94E−79 37 38 E1_CncE1 341 T C 45214 370 0.81% 3.43E−65 37 38 E1_CncE1 431 T C 54861 425 0.77% 1.83E−72 39 40 E1_CncE1 351 T C 41880 307 0.73% 2.28E−51 37 38 E1_CncE1 347 T C 43852 293 0.66% 9.69E−47 37 39 E1_CncE1 450 T C 56575 366 0.64% 2.29E−57 40 40 E1_CncE1 367 T C 46176 292 0.63% 2.40E−45 38 39 E1_CncE1 22 T C 74541 444 0.59% 8.08E−66 40 40 E1_CncE1 362 T C 39173 231 0.59% 9.13E−35 37 39 E1_CncE1 344 T C 45782 247 0.54% 8.06E−35 37 38 E1_CncE1 380 T C 52345 275 0.52% 3.46E−38 39 39 E1_CncE1 423 T C 55074 278 0.50% 2.15E−37 40 40 E1_CncE1 79 T C 70831 328 0.46% 5.66E−41 40 40 E1_CncE1 107 T C 70044 323 0.46% 2.45E−40 39 40 E1_CncE1 357 T C 44467 197 0.44% 1.17E−24 37 39 E1_CncE1 366 T C 46986 210 0.44% 3.88E−26 38 39 E1_CncE1 365 T C 45357 198 0.43% 1.95E−24 38 39 E1_CncE1 43 T C 72976 307 0.42% 1.27E−35 40 40 E1_CncE1 368 T C 49895 203 0.41% 2.13E−23 38 40 E1_CncE1 385 T C 52735 204 0.39% 8.30E−23 39 40 E1_CncE1 410 T C 52957 204 0.38% 2.03E−22 39 40 E1_CncE1 143 T C 46070 169 0.37% 4.72E−18 37 39 E1_CncE1 339 T C 44425 165 0.37% 5.31E−18 37 37 E1_CncE1 355 T C 42165 157 0.37% 3.74E−17 37 38 E1_CncE1 47 T C 72031 258 0.36% 4.54E−26 40 40 E1_CncE1 124 T C 62050 225 0.36% 3.13E−23 39 39 E1_CncE1 444 T C 55633 199 0.36% 1.14E−20 40 39 E1_CncE1 52 T C 73417 247 0.34% 1.35E−23 40 40 E1_CncE1 48 T C 73233 244 0.33% 4.99E−23 40 40 E1_CncE1 86 T C 69462 218 0.31% 1.66E−19 39 39 E1_CncE1 340 T C 45971 144 0.31% 2.79E−13 37 37 E1_CncE1 361 T C 39897 125 0.31% 1.05E−11 37 39 E1_CncE1 426 T C 55705 173 0.31% 9.96E−16 40 40 E1_CncE1 104 T C 70783 211 0.30% 6.28E−18 39 40 E1_CncE1 109 T C 68917 205 0.30% 3.64E−17 39 40 E1_CncE1 342 T C 46651 137 0.29% 5.10E−12 37 38 E1_CncE1 445 T C 55742 159 0.28% 3.16E−13 40 40 E1_CncE1 102 T C 67403 172 0.25% 3.83E−12 39 39 E1_CncE1 49 T C 73597 167 0.23% 5.81E−10 40 40 E1_CncE1 101 T C 68007 149 0.22% 1.93E−08 39 40 E1_CncE1 414 T C 54547 122 0.22% 1.56E−07 40 39 E1_CncE1 417 T C 49757 108 0.22% 1.40E−06 39 39 E1_CncE1 95 T C 71106 152 0.21% 2.99E−08 40 40 E1_CncE1 82 T C 68220 134 0.20% 1.96E−06 39 39 E1_CncE1 84 T C 66965 134 0.20% 1.30E−06 39 40 E1_CncE1 438 T C 55220 108 0.20% 1.98E−05 40 40 E1_CncE1 121 T C 61080 116 0.19% 2.13E−05 38 39 E1_CncE1 42 T C 73589 132 0.18% 2.25E−05 40 40 E1_CncE1 81 T C 66904 117 0.17% 1.39E−04 39 39 E1_CncE1 354 T C 38412 65 0.17% 5.01E−03 36 37 E1_CncE1 337 T C 44874 73 0.16% 4.65E−03 37 38 E1_CncE1 372 T C 47793 12 0.03% 2.55E−06 38 39 eGFP 138 T C 11247 392 3.35%  2.09E−102 34 37 eGFP 144 T C 43588 485 1.10% 8.39E−96 36 38 eGFP 309 T C 59302 599   1%  2.54E−114 36 37 eGFP 364 T C 89343 688 0.76%  1.31E−115 39 40 eGFP 292 T C 68120 469 0.68% 3.01E−75 37 39 eGFP 99 T C 81558 543 0.66% 6.54E−85 39 39 eGFP 397 T C 95732 614 0.64% 6.92E−94 40 40 eGFP 118 T C 70225 429 0.61% 1.76E−64 38 39 eGFP 94 T C 73976 450 0.60% 3.10E−67 38 39 eGFP 79 T C 80186 475 0.59% 7.70E−70 39 40 eGFP 100 T C 78041 458 0.58% 6.16E−67 39 39 eGFP 313 T C 72954 411 0.56% 1.19E−58 38 39 eGFP 359 T C 89973 507 0.56% 5.69E−72 39 40 eGFP 367 T C 89034 501 0.56% 4.17E−71 39 40 eGFP 27 T C 87812 487 0.55% 2.14E−68 40 40 eGFP 85 T C 82806 429 0.52% 1.06E−57 39 40 eGFP 379 T C 93181 468 0.50% 1.36E−61 39 40 eGFP 52 T C 85476 414 0.48% 2.18E−53 40 39 eGFP 295 T C 60319 289 0.48% 1.80E−37 37 39 eGFP 324 T C 65847 308 0.47% 7.01E−39 37 39 eGFP 70 T C 74903 345 0.46% 7.26E−43 39 40 eGFP 401 T C 93388 421 0.45% 2.86E−51 40 40 eGFP 67 T C 85624 377 0.44% 6.64E−45 40 40 eGFP 121 T C 76820 343 0.44% 1.50E−41 38 39 eGFP 370 T C 91983 406 0.44% 1.72E−48 39 40 eGFP 331 T C 86965 380 0.43% 4.12E−45 39 39 eGFP 46 T C 76930 324 0.42% 1.61E−37 39 40 eGFP 378 T C 95654 382 0.40% 8.28E−42 40 40 eGFP 51 T C 83619 317 0.38% 1.11E−33 39 40 eGFP 373 T C 93015 353 0.38% 4.27E−37 39 40 eGFP 133 T C 68982 259 0.37% 2.25E−27 38 39 eGFP 403 T C 96164 334 0.35% 2.92E−32 40 40 eGFP 289 T C 62623 123 0.20% 4.24E−06 37 39 eGFP 382 T C 95594 191 0.20% 6.99E−09 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 337 T C 80352 632 0.78%  4.52E−108 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 406 T C 86866 560 0.64% 4.19E−86 38 40 p21_Cdkn1A 445 T C 101457 628 0.62% 7.74E−94 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 132 T C 70606 303 0.43% 4.81E−36 37 38 p21_Cdkn1A 137 T C 79008 306 0.39% 5.27E−33 37 38 p21_Cdkn1A 383 T C 95273 370 0.39% 9.36E−40 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 356 T C 80366 299 0.37% 3.24E−31 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 393 T C 95468 344 0.36% 1.46E−34 39 40 p21_Cdkn1A 37 T C 98156 345 0.35% 1.12E−33 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 55 T C 97872 323 0.33% 1.73E−29 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 361 T C 75978 248 0.33% 8.90E−23 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 126 T C 84531 265 0.31% 2.55E−23 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 334 T C 68262 213 0.31% 6.56E−19 37 38 p21_Cdkn1A 351 T C 86950 272 0.31% 1.21E−23 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 94 T C 93018 245 0.26% 2.98E−17 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 110 T C 87513 223 0.25% 3.04E−15 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 51 T C 95691 229 0.24% 3.10E−14 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 34 T C 99260 229 0.23% 2.52E−13 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 24 T C 97942 216 0.22% 1.14E−11 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 101 T C 92249 194 0.21% 7.70E−10 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 384 T C 96193 202 0.21% 3.84E−10 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 446 T C 101812 211 0.21% 3.40E−10 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 81 T C 96623 188 0.19% 2.52E−08 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 441 T C 101908 199 0.19% 1.17E−08 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 349 T C 87700 149 0.17% 3.24E−05 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 454 T C 98186 164 0.17% 2.69E−05 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 21 T C 92046 145 0.16% 3.46E−04 39 40 p21_Cdkn1A 30 T C 92126 145 0.16% 3.46E−04 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 121 T C 66654 108 0.16% 8.94E−04 37 39 p21_Cdkn1A 377 T C 94805 139 0.15% 1.91E−03 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 443 T C 101265 157 0.15% 2.93E−04 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 122 T C 76409 110 0.14% 7.62E−03 37 38 p21_Cdkn1A 354 T C 77695 112 0.14% 6.56E−03 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 369 T C 95885 138 0.14% 3.60E−03 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 371 T C 91625 133 0.14% 3.00E−03 39 40 p21_Cdkn1A 439 T C 102587 142 0.14% 6.16E−03 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 447 T C 102338 140 0.14% 8.57E−03 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 98 T C 92522 46 0.05% 5.55E−05 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 125 T C 84971 46 0.05% 4.14E−04 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 385 T C 92755 21 0.02% 4.29E−12 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 2 T C 98566 13 0.01% 1.31E−17 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 76 T C 91679 13 0.01% 6.89E−16 39 41 PCNA 145 T C 14886 71 0.47% 1.15E−10 34 37 PCNA 28 T C 115567 204 0.18% 3.50E−07 40 40 PCNA 55 T C 111925 178 0.16% 6.29E−05 40 40 PCNA 116 T C 105438 167 0.16% 1.01E−04 39 39 PCNA 136 T C 97744 135 0.14% 7.45E−03 39 39 PCNA 417 T C 108604 156 0.14% 1.86E−03 40 40 PCNA 437 T C 109297 153 0.14% 3.87E−03 40 40 PCNA 48 T C 112569 66 0.06% 3.48E−04 40 39 PCNA 126 T C 105637 60 0.06% 2.85E−04 39 39 PCNA 350 T C 96124 53 0.06% 2.67E−04 39 38 PCNA 360 T C 104568 64 0.06% 1.25E−03 39 39 PCNA 374 T C 104724 59 0.06% 2.63E−04 39 40 PCNA 39 T C 106732 58 0.05% 1.10E−04 39 40 PCNA 70 T C 113545 62 0.05% 7.07E−05 40 40 PCNA 93 T C 107360 58 0.05% 8.38E−05 39 40 PCNA 124 T C 105294 51 0.05% 9.13E−06 39 39 PCNA 54 T C 111442 48 0.04% 3.15E−07 40 40 PCNA 118 T C 109419 47 0.04% 3.73E−07 39 39 PCNA 372 T C 109919 48 0.04% 6.20E−07 40 39 PCNA 401 T C 109966 47 0.04% 2.65E−07 40 39 PCNA 91 T C 109896 32 0.03% 2.48E−11 40 39

TABLE 6 A-, C-, and G-to-N mutation frequencies in amplicon sequences: no 4sU labeling, no OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment. NAME POS REF ALT REFdepth ALTdepth mutFREQ PVAL avgREFBASEQUAL avgALTBASEQUAL A2_CcnA2 119 A G 97523 43 0.04% 2.89E−06 39 37 A2_CcnA2 418 A G 104975 44 0.04% 3.10E−07 40 39 A2_CcnA2 41 A C 106184 36 0.03% 1.67E−09 40 37 A2_CcnA2 67 G C 103754 36 0.03% 5.61E−09 40 37 A2_CcnA2 340 A C 99131 31 0.03% 8.80E−10 39 37 A2_CcnA2 362 A C 98117 26 0.03% 2.48E−11 39 38 A2_CcnA2 3 A C 107942 21 0.02% 2.20E−15 40 40 A2_CcnA2 4 G A 107321 19 0.02% 2.22E−16 40 39 A2_CcnA2 102 A G 102414 16 0.02% 8.13E−17 40 38 A2_CcnA2 121 C A 98370 20 0.02% 7.56E−14 39 37 A2_CcnA2 133 C A 97430 22 0.02% 9.82E−13 39 34 A2_CcnA2 325 G T 91136 18 0.02% 3.14E−13 39 36 A2_CcnA2 338 A G 99162 22 0.02% 3.65E−13 39 39 A2_CcnA2 369 C G 103095 16 0.02% 4.69E−17 40 38 A2_CcnA2 392 A G 100171 20 0.02% 2.71E−14 39 38 A2_CcnA2 398 C T 105584 17 0.02% 5.63E−17 40 40 A2_CcnA2 400 C A 103971 17 0.02% 1.67E−16 40 40 A2_CcnA2 1 C T 107483 11 0.01% 3.13E−21 40 39 A2_CcnA2 7 G T 107700 16 0.01% 5.12E−18 40 40 A2_CcnA2 13 G T 108084 13 0.01% 4.10E−20 40 40 A2_CcnA2 29 C T 107409 11 0.01% 3.13E−21 40 40 A2_CcnA2 42 C T 107144 14 0.01% 3.20E−19 40 41 A2_CcnA2 58 C T 105474 12 0.01% 5.09E−20 40 39 A2_CcnA2 88 C A 102680 12 0.01% 2.95E−19 40 40 A2_CcnA2 122 A G 98643 10 0.01% 1.30E−19 39 37 A2_CcnA2 131 C T 100021 11 0.01% 2.00E−19 39 38 A2_CcnA2 132 C T 97688 12 0.01% 5.39E−18 39 39 A2_CcnA2 135 A C 91583 13 0.01% 6.89E−16 39 35 A2_CcnA2 138 C A 96093 10 0.01% 4.29E−19 39 37 A2_CcnA2 317 G C 89718 13 0.01% 2.12E−15 39 34 A2_CcnA2 318 A G 84363 11 0.01% 2.22E−15 38 36 A2_CcnA2 319 A C 82072 9 0.01% 3.49E−16 38 37 A2_CcnA2 322 A G 84505 11 0.01% 2.22E−15 38 35 A2_CcnA2 327 A G 95029 10 0.01% 7.78E−19 38 38 A2_CcnA2 329 A G 87304 10 0.01% 8.79E−17 38 35 A2_CcnA2 331 A G 72518 10 0.01% 5.05E−13 37 35 A2_CcnA2 333 C T 99377 13 0.01% 7.37E−18 39 36 A2_CcnA2 343 C G 101435 11 0.01% 1.11E−19 39 36 A2_CcnA2 374 C A 104164 12 0.01% 9.15E−20 40 39 A2_CcnA2 388 C A 100567 11 0.01% 2.00E−19 39 40 A2_CcnA2 391 C T 103785 14 0.01% 3.13E−18 40 39 A2_CcnA2 394 C A 105701 13 0.01% 2.34E−19 40 39 A2_CcnA2 407 C T 106456 14 0.01% 5.67E−19 40 40 A2_CcnA2 439 C A 108005 12 0.01% 8.71E−21 40 40 A2_CcnA2 451 C A 108552 12 0.01% 8.72E−21 40 40 B1_CncB1 94 A G 98140 49 0.05% 3.24E−05 39 37 B1_CncB1 432 A G 99799 51 0.05% 5.46E−05 40 39 B1_CncB1 383 G C 101113 38 0.04% 4.37E−08 40 38 B1_CncB1 41 A C 104232 31 0.03% 1.01E−10 40 38 B1_CncB1 67 A G 104762 35 0.03% 1.91E−09 40 36 B1_CncB1 119 C G 100562 29 0.03% 1.22E−10 39 37 B1_CncB1 126 A G 103135 36 0.03% 5.61E−09 39 36 B1_CncB1 135 C A 86856 23 0.03% 4.74E−10 39 34 B1_CncB1 331 G T 89799 30 0.03% 2.82E−08 39 33 B1_CncB1 379 A C 102188 30 0.03% 1.11E−10 40 37 B1_CncB1 406 A C 102599 34 0.03% 2.17E−09 40 36 B1_CncB1 47 C A 105454 24 0.02% 1.38E−13 40 40 B1_CncB1 142 C A 88214 15 0.02% 4.76E−14 39 35 B1_CncB1 340 C T 91828 17 0.02% 1.02E−13 39 39 B1_CncB1 342 G T 92136 18 0.02% 1.87E−13 39 34 B1_CncB1 350 G T 97733 19 0.02% 4.25E−14 39 34 B1_CncB1 357 A C 94279 18 0.02% 6.61E−14 39 36 B1_CncB1 365 C T 97077 18 0.02% 1.37E−14 39 39 B1_CncB1 431 C A 102336 22 0.02% 8.17E−14 40 41 B1_CncB1 471 A G 103486 25 0.02% 9.53E−13 40 40 B1_CncB1 13 G T 106805 12 0.01% 2.83E−20 40 39 B1_CncB1 24 C A 106282 11 0.01% 5.69E−21 40 40 B1_CncB1 26 C T 105856 14 0.01% 1.00E−18 40 40 B1_CncB1 59 A G 106223 14 0.01% 5.67E−19 40 40 B1_CncB1 68 A G 102366 13 0.01% 1.32E−18 40 40 B1_CncB1 70 G A 102822 12 0.01% 2.95E−19 40 39 B1_CncB1 109 A G 96134 13 0.01% 4.08E−17 39 39 B1_CncB1 118 A C 98950 12 0.01% 3.02E−18 39 35 B1_CncB1 133 A C 90986 10 0.01% 1.51E−17 39 32 B1_CncB1 410 G T 102758 12 0.01% 2.95E−19 40 39 B1_CncB1 424 C A 102305 15 0.01% 2.18E−17 40 40 B1_CncB1 444 A G 103483 11 0.01% 3.39E−20 40 41 B1_CncB1 452 C A 103531 13 0.01% 7.41E−19 40 41 D1_CncD1 271 G T 96668 39 0.04% 4.99E−07 37 35 D1_CncD1 410 C A 138903 54 0.04% 5.66E−10 40 40 D1_CncD1 290 G C 119791 30 0.03% 4.71E−14 39 36 D1_CncD1 293 G T 121714 31 0.03% 4.53E−14 39 35 D1_CncD1 322 A C 134301 42 0.03% 1.05E−12 40 37 D1_CncD1 375 C G 134819 46 0.03% 1.77E−11 40 38 D1_CncD1 407 C A 137673 41 0.03% 1.35E−13 40 40 D1_CncD1 1 G T 143738 32 0.02% 2.90E−18 40 40 D1_CncD1 3 G T 144750 25 0.02% 7.80E−22 40 39 D1_CncD1 19 G T 144112 24 0.02% 2.29E−22 40 41 D1_CncD1 67 G C 140986 27 0.02% 3.93E−20 40 36 D1_CncD1 90 C G 138632 23 0.02% 1.70E−21 40 36 D1_CncD1 300 A G 114315 28 0.02% 8.07E−14 39 37 D1_CncD1 326 A C 134117 31 0.02% 8.98E−17 40 37 D1_CncD1 349 A G 134671 32 0.02% 2.35E−16 40 36 D1_CncD1 401 C A 137692 24 0.02% 9.86E−21 40 40 D1_CncD1 405 C A 136818 31 0.02% 3.37E−17 40 40 D1_CncD1 408 C A 137986 26 0.02% 6.05E−20 40 40 D1_CncD1 409 C A 138495 31 0.02% 1.26E−17 40 39 D1_CncD1 5 G T 144734 16 0.01% 3.03E−27 40 40 D1_CncD1 8 G T 146575 18 0.01% 2.07E−26 40 40 D1_CncD1 94 G C 140189 19 0.01% 2.77E−24 39 34 D1_CncD1 96 A G 111901 16 0.01% 5.48E−19 37 36 D1_CncD1 97 G C 138840 16 0.01% 1.03E−25 39 35 D1_CncD1 110 G T 140797 17 0.01% 1.48E−25 39 39 D1_CncD1 127 C T 126453 13 0.01% 1.01E−24 39 38 D1_CncD1 135 A G 115810 14 0.01% 3.18E−21 37 38 D1_CncD1 136 A G 121357 14 0.01% 9.65E−23 37 38 D1_CncD1 138 A G 114484 16 0.01% 1.01E−19 38 35 D1_CncD1 277 A G 103068 11 0.01% 3.39E−20 38 36 D1_CncD1 280 G T 109785 16 0.01% 1.68E−18 38 36 D1_CncD1 281 G T 116786 14 0.01% 1.78E−21 39 35 D1_CncD1 291 A G 118299 15 0.01% 2.49E−21 39 36 D1_CncD1 297 C G 118945 13 0.01% 1.17E−22 39 37 D1_CncD1 305 A G 123924 13 0.01% 6.05E−24 39 38 D1_CncD1 317 C A 129268 14 0.01% 8.70E−25 39 39 D1_CncD1 319 C G 124848 17 0.01% 1.44E−21 39 38 D1_CncD1 364 C T 134524 16 0.01% 1.06E−24 40 40 E1_CncE1 473 A G 44259 92 0.21% 2.32E−05 39 40 E1_CncE1 4 A G 48735 23 0.05% 2.03E−03 40 40 E1_CncE1 94 A G 46527 20 0.04% 9.26E−04 40 36 E1_CncE1 28 C T 48670 13 0.03% 3.81E−06 40 40 E1_CncE1 62 C T 47963 14 0.03% 1.35E−05 40 39 E1_CncE1 91 A G 47104 16 0.03% 5.82E−05 40 39 E1_CncE1 97 G C 47401 14 0.03% 1.35E−05 40 38 E1_CncE1 105 C G 47139 15 0.03% 2.87E−05 39 37 E1_CncE1 353 C T 37039 11 0.03% 1.11E−04 37 35 E1_CncE1 356 A C 35847 11 0.03% 2.67E−04 37 39 E1_CncE1 370 A C 42583 11 0.03% 1.12E−05 39 36 E1_CncE1 408 A G 43442 13 0.03% 3.65E−05 40 38 E1_CncE1 440 C T 44967 14 0.03% 5.00E−05 40 40 E1_CncE1 469 C A 46060 13 0.03% 9.53E−06 40 41 E1_CncE1 12 G T 48302 11 0.02% 6.16E−07 40 41 E1_CncE1 56 C T 47726 8 0.02% 4.00E−08 40 40 E1_CncE1 67 C G 47140 10 0.02% 3.73E−07 40 36 E1_CncE1 90 C G 47687 9 0.02% 1.28E−07 40 36 E1_CncE1 125 C A 44817 7 0.02% 6.01E−08 39 36 E1_CncE1 126 A C 40021 10 0.02% 1.19E−05 38 35 E1_CncE1 144 A C 30741 5 0.02% 1.11E−05 37 36 E1_CncE1 145 A G 24051 6 0.02% 7.13E−04 36 34 E1_CncE1 331 G T 30704 5 0.02% 1.11E−05 37 36 E1_CncE1 336 G T 34161 7 0.02% 1.26E−05 37 37 E1_CncE1 348 G T 34050 6 0.02% 4.16E−06 36 35 E1_CncE1 350 A G 25822 6 0.02% 4.37E−04 36 35 E1_CncE1 378 G C 43293 10 0.02% 2.76E−06 39 37 E1_CncE1 387 C T 43687 10 0.02% 2.76E−06 39 40 E1_CncE1 412 C T 44255 11 0.02% 4.32E−06 40 39 E1_CncE1 428 C T 43992 8 0.02% 2.01E−07 39 41 E1_CncE1 434 A C 44841 8 0.02% 2.01E−07 40 37 E1_CncE1 459 C A 43349 9 0.02% 1.01E−06 39 39 E1_CncE1 13 C T 48447 5 0.01% 3.51E−10 40 41 E1_CncE1 15 C T 48648 5 0.01% 3.51E−10 40 41 E1_CncE1 41 C G 47845 6 0.01% 2.88E−09 40 36 E1_CncE1 68 A G 46734 5 0.01% 1.15E−09 40 36 E1_CncE1 130 C A 45729 6 0.01% 9.09E−09 39 38 E1_CncE1 133 C G 44662 5 0.01% 3.77E−09 39 35 E1_CncE1 138 A C 32891 4 0.01% 9.65E−07 37 34 E1_CncE1 139 G T 38331 5 0.01% 1.24E−07 38 38 E1_CncE1 332 C T 25551 3 0.01% 1.37E−05 36 39 E1_CncE1 334 A C 16281 2 0.01% 6.54E−04 35 34 E1_CncE1 345 A G 33646 5 0.01% 2.12E−06 37 33 E1_CncE1 411 G A 44794 6 0.01% 1.61E−08 40 41 E1_CncE1 456 A T 28296 3 0.01% 2.31E−06 36 32 E1_CncE1 457 C A 42352 5 0.01% 1.22E−08 39 36 E1_CncE1 461 C A 44541 6 0.01% 1.61E−08 40 39 E1_CncE1 471 A T 45156 5 0.01% 2.09E−09 40 41 E1_CncE1 472 A G 44436 5 0.01% 3.77E−09 39 37 E1_CncE1 474 G A 46050 6 0.01% 5.12E−09 40 35 eGFP 97 A T 39970 158 0.39% 3.98E−18 38 40 eGFP 96 G T 44984 155 0.34% 1.12E−15 39 40 eGFP 91 G C 44445 134 0.30% 4.33E−12 39 39 eGFP 424 A G 43067 75 0.17% 2.05E−03 40 40 eGFP 2 C T 47869 20 0.04% 6.51E−04 40 40 eGFP 15 G T 47335 20 0.04% 6.51E−04 40 39 eGFP 291 C A 36227 14 0.04% 1.30E−03 38 35 eGFP 298 C A 38448 16 0.04% 1.91E−03 39 37 eGFP 323 G C 37573 15 0.04% 1.59E−03 38 37 eGFP 109 A C 31446 10 0.03% 7.23E−04 38 33 eGFP 135 G A 40932 12 0.03% 6.35E−05 38 37 eGFP 142 A G 26949 7 0.03% 6.57E−04 36 38 eGFP 307 A C 26035 8 0.03% 1.46E−03 36 32 eGFP 315 A G 27619 8 0.03% 9.36E−04 37 36 eGFP 361 A G 40589 14 0.03% 2.67E−04 39 37 eGFP 414 G A 42908 15 0.03% 2.29E−04 40 40 eGFP 427 A G 42553 11 0.03% 1.12E−05 40 40 eGFP 14 G T 47624 10 0.02% 3.73E−07 40 41 eGFP 41 C G 46237 9 0.02% 2.15E−07 40 36 eGFP 90 G C 45713 8 0.02% 1.18E−07 39 36 eGFP 93 A G 40622 8 0.02% 1.64E−06 39 41 eGFP 102 A G 42272 7 0.02% 1.80E−07 39 39 eGFP 115 A C 35194 6 0.02% 2.42E−06 38 33 eGFP 126 C G 43551 9 0.02% 1.01E−06 39 38 eGFP 129 A G 36577 6 0.02% 1.41E−06 38 41 eGFP 136 A C 27737 6 0.02% 1.61E−04 37 32 eGFP 137 G C 39645 7 0.02% 9.10E−07 38 38 eGFP 143 C A 37251 6 0.02% 8.13E−07 37 35 eGFP 287 C T 37138 9 0.02% 2.02E−05 39 37 eGFP 288 G A 34670 8 0.02% 3.42E−05 38 38 eGFP 293 G A 35390 6 0.02% 2.42E−06 39 37 eGFP 297 C A 38749 8 0.02% 4.60E−06 39 39 eGFP 299 C A 38710 6 0.02% 4.68E−07 39 38 eGFP 300 G A 35847 6 0.02% 2.42E−06 38 36 eGFP 302 C T 38114 8 0.02% 4.60E−06 38 36 eGFP 303 A C 30170 5 0.02% 1.11E−05 37 37 eGFP 322 A C 32459 5 0.02% 3.69E−06 38 34 eGFP 334 G C 41425 10 0.02% 7.33E−06 40 35 eGFP 338 A G 36547 7 0.02% 4.46E−06 38 38 eGFP 339 G A 36719 6 0.02% 1.41E−06 38 39 eGFP 340 A G 26556 4 0.02% 2.96E−05 37 34 eGFP 345 A G 35362 7 0.02% 7.51E−06 38 39 eGFP 349 A G 37206 8 0.02% 7.64E−06 39 38 eGFP 1 C G 47405 5 0.01% 6.37E−10 40 39 eGFP 18 G T 46744 6 0.01% 5.12E−09 40 39 eGFP 26 C T 47102 6 0.01% 2.88E−09 40 41 eGFP 28 A G 46890 5 0.01% 1.15E−09 40 36 eGFP 30 A G 47533 6 0.01% 2.88E−09 40 38 eGFP 31 A G 47053 6 0.01% 2.88E−09 40 38 eGFP 33 A G 46452 5 0.01% 1.15E−09 40 38 eGFP 37 G C 46082 6 0.01% 5.12E−09 40 40 eGFP 42 G A 46501 5 0.01% 1.15E−09 40 41 eGFP 44 G A 46144 5 0.01% 1.15E−09 40 39 eGFP 48 A G 45022 6 0.01% 9.09E−09 39 36 eGFP 68 G C 45501 5 0.01% 2.09E−09 40 37 eGFP 82 A G 40958 5 0.01% 3.91E−08 39 39 eGFP 88 A G 40777 5 0.01% 3.91E−08 39 41 eGFP 117 A C 38724 5 0.01% 1.24E−07 38 33 eGFP 124 G A 42874 5 0.01% 1.22E−08 39 35 eGFP 140 C G 31619 4 0.01% 1.72E−06 35 38 eGFP 284 C G 35925 5 0.01% 6.87E−07 39 41 eGFP 311 C G 39287 4 0.01% 1.54E−08 39 36 eGFP 312 C G 37355 4 0.01% 5.09E−08 38 34 eGFP 314 G A 35601 4 0.01% 1.67E−07 38 36 eGFP 321 C A 39129 4 0.01% 1.54E−08 39 38 eGFP 326 C T 41161 6 0.01% 8.79E−08 40 37 eGFP 336 A G 40160 5 0.01% 3.91E−08 39 40 eGFP 358 A G 39430 5 0.01% 6.98E−08 39 39 eGFP 375 G T 42226 5 0.01% 1.22E−08 40 41 eGFP 399 A G 39225 4 0.01% 1.54E−08 39 39 eGFP 415 A G 42745 6 0.01% 5.01E−08 40 38 eGFP 423 A G 42877 6 0.01% 5.01E−08 40 41 p21_Cdkn1A 433 C T 87152 49 0.06% 7.06E−04 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 41 G C 82423 40 0.05% 8.94E−05 40 38 p21_Cdkn1A 363 C A 83915 43 0.05% 2.31E−04 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 97 C G 80879 34 0.04% 9.73E−06 40 37 p21_Cdkn1A 105 C G 82184 30 0.04% 4.62E−07 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 119 A G 60171 23 0.04% 2.97E−05 38 38 p21_Cdkn1A 396 A G 77457 33 0.04% 1.64E−05 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 438 C T 87374 32 0.04% 2.33E−07 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 138 A C 58243 17 0.03% 1.08E−06 37 33 p21_Cdkn1A 141 A C 54847 15 0.03% 1.30E−06 37 33 p21_Cdkn1A 144 G A 65540 17 0.03% 4.44E−08 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 332 C T 74324 23 0.03% 1.00E−07 38 38 p21_Cdkn1A 345 A G 68002 20 0.03% 1.37E−07 38 34 p21_Cdkn1A 355 C T 81626 22 0.03% 2.01E−09 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 370 G C 83000 23 0.03% 1.87E−09 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 372 C T 84114 25 0.03% 6.02E−09 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 4 G T 84578 14 0.02% 1.21E−13 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 20 G T 84091 19 0.02% 3.07E−11 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 64 G A 80791 16 0.02% 1.02E−11 39 40 p21_Cdkn1A 67 A G 80581 18 0.02% 8.21E−11 40 36 p21_Cdkn1A 82 C T 82174 14 0.02% 3.57E−13 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 103 C A 81126 16 0.02% 6.11E−12 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 104 A C 75617 12 0.02% 1.34E−12 39 33 p21_Cdkn1A 116 C T 80121 15 0.02% 3.36E−12 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 124 A C 63329 12 0.02% 8.38E−10 37 34 p21_Cdkn1A 130 C T 74051 12 0.02% 2.31E−12 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 135 A C 54696 12 0.02% 8.41E−08 37 34 p21_Cdkn1A 142 G T 62756 11 0.02% 4.50E−10 38 37 p21_Cdkn1A 346 C T 81763 18 0.02% 5.00E−11 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 373 C A 85957 17 0.02% 2.32E−12 40 38 p21_Cdkn1A 382 G T 83769 20 0.02% 1.31E−10 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 8 G T 84796 10 0.01% 5.08E−16 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 10 G T 84608 9 0.01% 1.07E−16 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 91 A C 76005 8 0.01% 2.47E−15 39 33 p21_Cdkn1A 109 A C 74271 8 0.01% 8.12E−15 39 32 p21_Cdkn1A 127 G C 69788 7 0.01% 3.17E−14 38 33 p21_Cdkn1A 139 G C 62650 7 0.01% 2.03E−12 38 36 p21_Cdkn1A 331 A C 61728 8 0.01% 1.60E−11 37 38 p21_Cdkn1A 333 A C 63628 7 0.01% 1.12E−12 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 381 C G 86089 11 0.01% 7.06E−16 40 36 p21_Cdkn1A 399 G A 85205 12 0.01% 5.14E−15 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 467 C A 88316 11 0.01% 2.23E−16 40 41 PCNA 41 A C 109905 46 0.04% 2.22E−07 40 38 PCNA 97 A G 111297 47 0.04% 1.87E−07 40 37 PCNA 373 G C 105015 45 0.04% 5.25E−07 40 38 PCNA 67 A C 112062 29 0.03% 5.14E−13 40 37 PCNA 94 A G 104270 30 0.03% 4.60E−11 39 37 PCNA 105 C G 107996 30 0.03% 7.64E−12 40 39 PCNA 143 C A 98596 29 0.03% 2.95E−10 39 34 PCNA 346 A C 68936 23 0.03% 1.25E−06 36 33 PCNA 362 A C 95726 33 0.03% 1.89E−08 39 38 PCNA 130 C T 105877 23 0.02% 5.08E−14 39 38 PCNA 131 C G 100725 25 0.02% 3.99E−12 39 34 PCNA 139 C A 98909 22 0.02% 5.99E−13 39 37 PCNA 351 C T 98868 15 0.02% 2.01E−16 39 39 PCNA 377 G C 106662 22 0.02% 1.09E−14 40 38 PCNA 400 G C 108304 21 0.02% 1.31E−15 40 36 PCNA 411 C T 106397 17 0.02% 3.26E−17 40 40 PCNA 22 A G 114140 14 0.01% 5.69E−21 40 40 PCNA 30 A G 113261 13 0.01% 2.21E−21 40 40 PCNA 59 C T 114257 17 0.01% 3.95E−19 40 40 PCNA 81 A G 109428 11 0.01% 9.48E−22 40 39 PCNA 82 G T 112412 13 0.01% 3.98E−21 40 40 PCNA 104 C T 111681 13 0.01% 7.13E−21 40 39 PCNA 120 C A 107076 13 0.01% 7.33E−20 39 35 PCNA 129 G A 106688 14 0.01% 5.67E−19 39 38 PCNA 323 A G 65378 8 0.01% 1.60E−12 37 33 PCNA 324 A C 59302 7 0.01% 1.18E−11 36 38 PCNA 334 A C 89451 9 0.01% 5.41E−18 38 34 PCNA 335 A G 89194 11 0.01% 1.25E−16 38 35 PCNA 345 C T 93281 11 0.01% 1.22E−17 38 39 PCNA 363 C T 100390 15 0.01% 6.64E−17 39 39 PCNA 399 A C 106035 14 0.01% 5.67E−19 40 37 PCNA 421 A G 106215 12 0.01% 2.83E−20 40 40 PCNA 422 C A 104886 11 0.01% 1.87E−20 40 39

TABLE 7 A-, C-, and G-to-N mutation frequencies in amplicon sequences: 100 μ 4sU labeling, no OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment. NAME POS REF ALT REFdepth ALTdepth mutFREQ PVAL avgREFBASEQUAL avgALTBASEQUAL A2_CcnA2 12 A T 90491 42 0.05% 1.78E−05 40 32 A2_CcnA2 39 C G 88037 34 0.04% 5.37E−07 40 35 A2_CcnA2 67 G C 67434 30 0.04% 1.09E−04 38 39 A2_CcnA2 88 C G 88302 39 0.04% 8.11E−06 40 38 A2_CcnA2 338 A C 75186 28 0.04% 2.00E−06 40 37 A2_CcnA2 392 A G 64352 25 0.04% 2.15E−05 38 37 A2_CcnA2 419 A G 78256 33 0.04% 1.16E−05 40 37 A2_CcnA2 422 A G 79260 29 0.04% 7.92E−07 40 35 A2_CcnA2 37 A C 87566 24 0.03% 7.01E−10 40 35 A2_CcnA2 117 A G 83084 23 0.03% 1.87E−09 39 36 A2_CcnA2 121 C G 83913 26 0.03% 1.99E−08 39 37 A2_CcnA2 371 A C 77485 22 0.03% 1.23E−08 40 38 A2_CcnA2 374 C T 70338 19 0.03% 2.46E−08 38 36 A2_CcnA2 420 G C 78609 21 0.03% 3.41E−09 40 34 A2_CcnA2 3 A C 90501 17 0.02% 1.73E−13 40 39 A2_CcnA2 4 G A 91010 14 0.02% 2.62E−15 40 40 A2_CcnA2 13 G T 90248 21 0.02% 1.14E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 85 G C 86715 19 0.02% 1.14E−11 39 37 A2_CcnA2 91 A G 87850 21 0.02% 4.89E−11 40 35 A2_CcnA2 104 C A 87790 21 0.02% 4.89E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 107 C G 85117 17 0.02% 2.32E−12 39 36 A2_CcnA2 122 A G 82274 16 0.02% 3.64E−12 39 35 A2_CcnA2 144 G A 75155 12 0.02% 1.34E−12 38 38 A2_CcnA2 145 C T 72242 12 0.02% 6.88E−12 38 40 A2_CcnA2 316 C A 62341 13 0.02% 4.16E−09 37 40 A2_CcnA2 317 G A 67368 13 0.02% 3.17E−10 39 40 A2_CcnA2 337 G C 72946 11 0.02% 1.93E−12 39 34 A2_CcnA2 355 C T 76273 18 0.02% 5.84E−10 39 38 A2_CcnA2 364 C T 65596 11 0.02% 8.96E−11 38 36 A2_CcnA2 454 C A 80114 14 0.02% 1.05E−12 40 39 A2_CcnA2 7 G T 90412 13 0.01% 1.21E−15 40 41 A2_CcnA2 10 G T 91376 13 0.01% 6.89E−16 40 40 A2_CcnA2 15 G T 88867 11 0.01% 2.23E−16 40 41 A2_CcnA2 19 G T 91331 12 0.01% 1.70E−16 40 40 A2_CcnA2 35 A C 76251 8 0.01% 2.47E−15 39 32 A2_CcnA2 42 C T 90194 13 0.01% 1.21E−15 40 40 A2_CcnA2 82 A G 88565 9 0.01% 9.85E−18 40 39 A2_CcnA2 118 A G 72338 10 0.01% 5.05E−13 38 39 A2_CcnA2 131 C A 80172 11 0.01% 2.17E−14 38 38 A2_CcnA2 132 C G 59336 6 0.01% 2.45E−12 37 39 A2_CcnA2 135 A C 61315 8 0.01% 1.60E−11 37 37 A2_CcnA2 138 C T 78849 8 0.01% 7.50E−16 38 41 A2_CcnA2 315 A C 66677 9 0.01% 3.78E−12 38 39 A2_CcnA2 318 A T 71933 9 0.01% 2.16E−13 39 38 A2_CcnA2 319 A C 68508 7 0.01% 5.76E−14 39 36 A2_CcnA2 331 A T 66726 7 0.01% 1.90E−13 39 39 A2_CcnA2 334 C T 68784 7 0.01% 5.76E−14 38 39 A2_CcnA2 339 A G 71879 9 0.01% 2.16E−13 39 39 A2_CcnA2 349 C T 76557 11 0.01% 2.08E−13 40 37 A2_CcnA2 350 C A 75345 9 0.01% 2.12E−14 39 39 A2_CcnA2 357 C A 77272 11 0.01% 1.18E−13 40 40 A2_CcnA2 363 C A 75963 10 0.01% 9.16E−14 39 40 A2_CcnA2 370 C T 77593 8 0.01% 1.36E−15 40 39 A2_CcnA2 375 C T 76525 8 0.01% 2.47E−15 39 40 A2_CcnA2 381 C T 75137 11 0.01% 3.64E−13 39 39 A2_CcnA2 388 C T 75077 8 0.01% 4.48E−15 38 38 A2_CcnA2 394 C T 77096 8 0.01% 1.36E−15 39 41 A2_CcnA2 398 C T 78472 9 0.01% 3.68E−15 40 39 A2_CcnA2 403 C A 69757 9 0.01% 6.82E−13 38 39 A2_CcnA2 407 C A 77471 9 0.01% 6.61E−15 39 41 A2_CcnA2 424 A G 79883 8 0.01% 4.12E−16 40 40 A2_CcnA2 439 C A 79431 10 0.01% 9.23E−15 40 40 A2_CcnA2 449 C A 79998 10 0.01% 5.18E−15 40 41 A2_CcnA2 456 C A 79483 10 0.01% 9.23E−15 40 39 B1_CncB1 381 A C 144866 90 0.06% 2.51E−04 40 37 B1_CncB1 40 A C 153787 60 0.04% 7.35E−11 40 35 B1_CncB1 77 C A 150111 58 0.04% 6.93E−11 40 38 B1_CncB1 88 C G 152064 68 0.04% 7.32E−09 40 37 B1_CncB1 96 C T 146404 55 0.04% 5.17E−11 39 39 B1_CncB1 100 A G 110463 46 0.04% 1.56E−07 38 36 B1_CncB1 121 A G 145399 60 0.04% 1.31E−09 40 36 B1_CncB1 385 G C 144121 64 0.04% 1.45E−08 40 38 B1_CncB1 122 A G 138713 47 0.03% 6.95E−12 39 37 B1_CncB1 145 C A 102984 27 0.03% 5.84E−12 37 38 B1_CncB1 371 C G 139141 35 0.03% 3.52E−16 39 39 B1_CncB1 383 G C 142677 46 0.03% 6.68E−13 39 36 B1_CncB1 406 A G 143721 48 0.03% 1.81E−12 39 37 B1_CncB1 434 A C 131975 41 0.03% 1.17E−12 39 34 B1_CncB1 471 A G 147782 50 0.03% 1.40E−12 40 40 B1_CncB1 21 C T 151707 33 0.02% 1.51E−19 40 39 B1_CncB1 31 C T 152908 23 0.02% 7.92E−25 40 40 B1_CncB1 39 G A 148672 26 0.02% 3.07E−22 40 32 B1_CncB1 55 C T 150856 29 0.02% 3.48E−21 40 39 B1_CncB1 65 C T 150655 30 0.02% 1.05E−20 40 40 B1_CncB1 67 A C 149688 37 0.02% 1.93E−17 39 37 B1_CncB1 71 C T 148348 28 0.02% 3.18E−21 39 40 B1_CncB1 91 G T 151365 34 0.02% 4.14E−19 40 40 B1_CncB1 110 C T 141562 32 0.02% 7.78E−18 39 39 B1_CncB1 126 A G 146852 27 0.02% 2.88E−21 40 37 B1_CncB1 135 C A 108713 20 0.02% 4.22E−16 38 37 B1_CncB1 142 C G 116452 26 0.02% 4.45E−15 38 38 B1_CncB1 329 A T 100521 19 0.02% 8.93E−15 36 38 B1_CncB1 350 G T 135444 22 0.02% 2.47E−21 39 36 B1_CncB1 375 A G 145129 26 0.02% 1.51E−21 40 39 B1_CncB1 388 A G 143637 24 0.02% 3.93E−22 39 38 B1_CncB1 389 C T 140288 25 0.02% 6.58E−21 39 40 B1_CncB1 435 C G 143841 24 0.02% 3.93E−22 40 34 B1_CncB1 437 G T 146335 33 0.02% 1.80E−18 40 39 B1_CncB1 445 G T 142182 35 0.02% 8.49E−17 39 38 B1_CncB1 452 C A 148495 23 0.02% 7.22E−24 40 40 B1_CncB1 460 A G 147813 30 0.02% 4.88E−20 40 36 B1_CncB1 13 G C 153109 20 0.01% 7.05E−27 40 37 B1_CncB1 18 G T 154290 16 0.01% 8.10E−30 40 41 B1_CncB1 35 A C 126097 16 0.01% 1.09E−22 39 32 B1_CncB1 37 C G 153166 17 0.01% 7.41E−29 40 33 B1_CncB1 76 G A 151733 20 0.01% 2.21E−26 40 39 B1_CncB1 136 A G 129694 19 0.01% 1.35E−21 38 39 B1_CncB1 138 G A 135163 15 0.01% 1.24E−25 39 38 B1_CncB1 141 C A 134881 18 0.01% 2.02E−23 39 38 B1_CncB1 331 G C 107917 16 0.01% 5.12E−18 37 36 B1_CncB1 343 G T 126541 17 0.01% 4.61E−22 38 38 B1_CncB1 361 C A 130273 14 0.01% 4.81E−25 38 38 B1_CncB1 438 C T 144245 18 0.01% 6.57E−26 40 39 B1_CncB1 447 C T 144703 18 0.01% 6.57E−26 40 39 B1_CncB1 472 G A 148624 19 0.01% 2.88E−26 40 39 D1_CncD1 38 A G 162422 98 0.06% 4.30E−05 40 34 D1_CncD1 324 A C 138219 81 0.06% 7.08E−05 40 38 D1_CncD1 40 G C 165486 76 0.05% 4.88E−09 40 34 D1_CncD1 328 A C 138865 63 0.05% 6.42E−08 40 38 D1_CncD1 67 G C 143797 54 0.04% 8.76E−11 38 39 D1_CncD1 376 A G 138754 58 0.04% 5.22E−09 40 35 D1_CncD1 316 A C 118332 32 0.03% 4.35E−13 38 35 D1_CncD1 326 A C 136576 47 0.03% 1.55E−11 39 37 D1_CncD1 349 A G 137102 39 0.03% 2.75E−14 39 37 D1_CncD1 403 A G 136420 36 0.03% 3.47E−15 39 36 D1_CncD1 3 G T 165798 29 0.02% 1.30E−24 40 39 D1_CncD1 8 G T 167609 32 0.02% 1.49E−23 40 40 D1_CncD1 36 C T 164310 26 0.02% 5.36E−26 40 41 D1_CncD1 85 G A 160075 34 0.02% 4.69E−21 39 37 D1_CncD1 90 C G 160691 36 0.02% 3.62E−20 40 36 D1_CncD1 91 A G 153432 24 0.02% 1.69E−24 39 38 D1_CncD1 145 C A 124043 19 0.02% 2.17E−20 37 37 D1_CncD1 280 G T 98070 24 0.02% 4.11E−12 37 37 D1_CncD1 299 C A 117379 20 0.02% 3.51E−18 39 37 D1_CncD1 331 A C 135572 29 0.02% 7.34E−18 40 36 D1_CncD1 379 A G 137701 30 0.02% 7.54E−18 40 36 D1_CncD1 401 C A 138536 26 0.02% 6.05E−20 40 39 D1_CncD1 405 C A 140836 31 0.02% 4.69E−18 39 38 D1_CncD1 407 C A 140875 30 0.02% 1.68E−18 40 40 D1_CncD1 408 C A 140392 27 0.02% 6.61E−20 40 40 D1_CncD1 409 C A 141231 30 0.02% 1.02E−18 40 39 D1_CncD1 410 C A 141849 33 0.02% 2.07E−17 40 40 D1_CncD1 1 G T 165712 19 0.01% 1.51E−30 40 39 D1_CncD1 15 A C 166358 24 0.01% 1.25E−27 40 36 D1_CncD1 19 G T 167771 24 0.01% 7.14E−28 40 40 D1_CncD1 37 C G 164988 19 0.01% 1.50E−30 40 32 D1_CncD1 65 A G 162143 20 0.01% 3.98E−29 40 39 D1_CncD1 76 G T 163676 17 0.01% 1.98E−31 40 40 D1_CncD1 109 G T 158642 18 0.01% 1.90E−29 39 39 D1_CncD1 121 G T 157557 17 0.01% 6.98E−30 39 39 D1_CncD1 122 C T 148536 20 0.01% 1.22E−25 39 37 D1_CncD1 123 C T 148707 17 0.01% 1.40E−27 39 36 D1_CncD1 129 A G 131890 18 0.01% 1.11E−22 38 39 D1_CncD1 135 A G 139164 16 0.01% 5.72E−26 39 37 D1_CncD1 137 A C 140670 16 0.01% 3.18E−26 39 39 D1_CncD1 278 A C 104743 12 0.01% 9.15E−20 37 38 D1_CncD1 293 G T 118367 14 0.01% 5.56E−22 39 35 D1_CncD1 319 C A 126146 13 0.01% 1.01E−24 39 38 D1_CncD1 364 C T 134143 16 0.01% 1.06E−24 39 40 E1_CncE1 473 A G 65088 184 0.28% 1.13E−14 40 40 E1_CncE1 92 A G 66273 36 0.05% 1.93E−03 39 39 E1_CncE1 373 A C 51282 24 0.05% 1.22E−03 37 36 E1_CncE1 383 A C 63973 33 0.05% 1.07E−03 39 37 E1_CncE1 39 A G 68980 30 0.04% 5.52E−05 40 34 E1_CncE1 90 C G 68485 29 0.04% 4.64E−05 40 37 E1_CncE1 100 C T 63764 25 0.04% 3.12E−05 39 38 E1_CncE1 404 C T 49675 18 0.04% 9.67E−05 35 36 E1_CncE1 436 G C 63839 25 0.04% 3.12E−05 40 33 E1_CncE1 13 C T 70257 20 0.03% 5.63E−08 40 38 E1_CncE1 88 A G 63560 17 0.03% 1.12E−07 39 36 E1_CncE1 358 A C 46038 15 0.03% 4.40E−05 37 36 E1_CncE1 370 A C 57737 20 0.03% 1.45E−05 38 39 E1_CncE1 375 G C 47832 12 0.03% 2.55E−06 37 37 E1_CncE1 408 A G 56870 16 0.03% 1.19E−06 38 37 E1_CncE1 435 A G 63214 22 0.03% 4.87E−06 39 34 E1_CncE1 469 C A 65644 20 0.03% 5.11E−07 40 40 E1_CncE1 15 C T 69767 14 0.02% 3.37E−10 40 41 E1_CncE1 36 G C 68198 11 0.02% 1.75E−11 39 39 E1_CncE1 37 A C 65104 12 0.02% 2.93E−10 39 36 E1_CncE1 40 G C 69224 15 0.02% 9.59E−10 40 38 E1_CncE1 85 C A 66251 11 0.02% 5.21E−11 39 35 E1_CncE1 91 A G 67868 12 0.02% 1.01E−10 40 39 E1_CncE1 97 G T 67481 11 0.02% 3.02E−11 40 39 E1_CncE1 129 C A 63902 10 0.02% 7.68E−11 39 38 E1_CncE1 134 A C 31951 6 0.02% 2.05E−05 37 34 E1_CncE1 139 G T 55878 10 0.02% 5.82E−09 38 38 E1_CncE1 349 A G 44498 8 0.02% 2.01E−07 37 35 E1_CncE1 457 C A 61428 11 0.02% 7.67E−10 39 39 E1_CncE1 460 C G 58909 9 0.02% 3.37E−10 38 36 E1_CncE1 461 C A 62653 14 0.02% 1.15E−08 39 40 E1_CncE1 462 A G 65512 14 0.02% 2.57E−09 40 38 E1_CncE1 474 G A 66046 15 0.02% 4.27E−09 40 37 E1_CncE1 12 G A 70109 8 0.01% 8.61E−14 40 37 E1_CncE1 26 G A 66774 8 0.01% 8.93E−13 39 39 E1_CncE1 76 C T 68346 8 0.01% 2.78E−13 40 41 E1_CncE1 115 G C 63035 7 0.01% 1.12E−12 39 36 E1_CncE1 125 C G 65007 7 0.01% 3.44E−13 39 39 E1_CncE1 142 G A 59561 6 0.01% 2.45E−12 39 40 E1_CncE1 145 A G 52509 6 0.01% 1.56E−10 38 36 E1_CncE1 330 G T 51827 6 0.01% 2.81E−10 37 35 E1_CncE1 331 G C 45851 5 0.01% 2.09E−09 36 33 E1_CncE1 332 C T 38937 5 0.01% 1.24E−07 36 40 E1_CncE1 334 A T 45737 6 0.01% 9.09E−09 37 40 E1_CncE1 335 A C 46392 6 0.01% 5.12E−09 37 37 E1_CncE1 336 G T 53280 6 0.01% 8.68E−11 38 35 E1_CncE1 345 A T 52521 6 0.01% 1.56E−10 38 36 E1_CncE1 394 C A 58625 7 0.01% 2.11E−11 39 38 E1_CncE1 420 C A 53896 8 0.01% 1.48E−09 38 41 E1_CncE1 447 A C 19055 2 0.01% 1.10E−04 36 34 E1_CncE1 454 G C 50669 6 0.01% 5.04E−10 37 38 E1_CncE1 459 C A 63400 8 0.01% 5.08E−12 39 40 eGFP 97 A T 86904 512 0.59% 9.95E−75 38 40 eGFP 96 G T 96112 513 0.53% 2.86E−70 39 40 eGFP 91 G C 96698 445 0.46% 1.13E−54 39 40 eGFP 424 A G 82010 171 0.21% 1.11E−08 40 40 eGFP 1 C T 102856 182 0.18% 1.65E−06 40 39 eGFP 3 A C 102193 168 0.16% 3.49E−05 40 40 eGFP 2 C T 103090 160 0.15% 2.63E−04 40 40 eGFP 352 A G 76563 43 0.06% 1.59E−03 39 40 eGFP 384 A G 75415 42 0.06% 1.46E−03 39 40 eGFP 33 A G 80189 43 0.05% 5.40E−04 38 38 eGFP 73 A G 99084 48 0.05% 1.56E−05 39 39 eGFP 76 G A 99739 47 0.05% 1.00E−05 40 39 eGFP 92 C G 99322 52 0.05% 8.08E−05 40 38 eGFP 117 A G 84844 46 0.05% 5.44E−04 38 38 eGFP 129 A G 74280 38 0.05% 4.28E−04 38 39 eGFP 290 G A 70811 32 0.05% 1.06E−04 39 38 eGFP 304 A G 61338 31 0.05% 1.15E−03 37 39 eGFP 340 A G 58964 27 0.05% 5.06E−04 37 38 eGFP 346 A G 67444 35 0.05% 9.93E−04 38 39 eGFP 416 G A 82280 43 0.05% 3.08E−04 40 36 eGFP 12 A T 101680 44 0.04% 1.24E−06 40 34 eGFP 38 C G 100398 39 0.04% 1.15E−07 40 34 eGFP 63 A G 92857 38 0.04% 1.21E−06 39 38 eGFP 115 A G 80133 34 0.04% 9.73E−06 38 39 eGFP 139 A G 66591 26 0.04% 1.82E−05 36 36 eGFP 140 C G 84359 31 0.04% 3.98E−07 37 39 eGFP 287 C A 68196 24 0.04% 2.45E−06 38 39 eGFP 293 G C 67462 24 0.04% 3.65E−06 39 39 eGFP 294 C A 64032 26 0.04% 3.81E−05 39 36 eGFP 298 C A 70533 27 0.04% 7.34E−06 39 39 eGFP 307 A G 58438 22 0.04% 3.49E−05 37 39 eGFP 310 A G 52213 21 0.04% 1.85E−04 37 38 eGFP 315 A G 66381 26 0.04% 1.82E−05 39 38 eGFP 323 G C 71531 27 0.04% 5.02E−06 39 37 eGFP 336 A C 78805 29 0.04% 1.17E−06 39 37 eGFP 337 A G 76057 32 0.04% 1.37E−05 39 39 eGFP 338 A G 71691 26 0.04% 2.71E−06 39 38 eGFP 358 A G 73848 27 0.04% 2.33E−06 38 38 eGFP 361 A G 73864 31 0.04% 2.31E−05 39 37 eGFP 414 G A 80997 30 0.04% 6.81E−07 40 40 eGFP 18 G T 100429 26 0.03% 9.79E−12 40 40 eGFP 43 A G 93519 24 0.03% 4.39E−11 39 40 eGFP 49 A G 68494 22 0.03% 6.20E−07 38 39 eGFP 87 A G 94600 29 0.03% 1.68E−09 39 39 eGFP 106 A G 89023 24 0.03% 2.81E−10 39 40 eGFP 127 A G 73577 22 0.03% 7.25E−08 38 40 eGFP 135 G A 89290 25 0.03% 6.50E−10 39 39 eGFP 136 A G 57037 17 0.03% 1.69E−06 37 38 eGFP 137 G C 86064 24 0.03% 1.10E−09 38 38 eGFP 142 A G 73094 19 0.03% 6.11E−09 37 37 eGFP 291 C A 68197 20 0.03% 1.37E−07 38 39 eGFP 318 A G 47135 16 0.03% 5.82E−05 36 39 eGFP 345 A G 71929 18 0.03% 6.42E−09 38 39 eGFP 351 A G 74710 22 0.03% 4.68E−08 39 40 eGFP 390 G C 80258 26 0.03% 7.07E−08 40 33 eGFP 396 A G 79792 23 0.03% 1.13E−08 39 39 eGFP 399 A G 73061 19 0.03% 6.11E−09 38 39 eGFP 14 G T 102593 19 0.02% 3.13E−15 40 40 eGFP 16 A C 101784 18 0.02% 1.65E−15 40 32 eGFP 24 A G 97284 20 0.02% 1.26E−13 40 40 eGFP 25 A G 87154 19 0.02% 6.90E−12 39 40 eGFP 31 A G 83119 17 0.02% 6.46E−12 39 39 eGFP 34 C T 99838 15 0.02% 1.16E−16 39 38 eGFP 37 G T 99731 18 0.02% 4.78E−15 40 38 eGFP 40 C A 99281 19 0.02% 1.50E−14 39 33 eGFP 61 A G 89054 21 0.02% 1.86E−11 39 38 eGFP 65 C A 98224 20 0.02% 7.56E−14 39 39 eGFP 66 C A 100682 17 0.02% 8.49E−16 40 39 eGFP 72 A G 82074 18 0.02% 3.04E−11 37 39 eGFP 82 A G 86259 20 0.02% 3.06E−11 38 39 eGFP 89 G A 96424 18 0.02% 2.32E−14 39 38 eGFP 93 A G 93807 16 0.02% 1.09E−14 39 40 eGFP 109 A G 82209 18 0.02% 3.04E−11 38 40 eGFP 114 A G 91839 21 0.02% 7.01E−12 39 40 eGFP 124 G A 90756 21 0.02% 1.14E−11 39 36 eGFP 134 G A 91642 14 0.02% 2.62E−15 39 36 eGFP 143 C G 91944 16 0.02% 3.18E−14 39 37 eGFP 145 A C 64112 10 0.02% 4.43E−11 36 35 eGFP 288 G A 66828 14 0.02% 1.55E−09 38 38 eGFP 296 G C 67476 15 0.02% 2.60E−09 39 38 eGFP 299 C A 74108 13 0.02% 7.87E−12 39 38 eGFP 300 G A 71489 16 0.02% 9.68E−10 39 38 eGFP 306 C A 71297 13 0.02% 3.89E−11 38 39 eGFP 322 A G 68515 11 0.02% 1.75E−11 39 39 eGFP 333 A G 72127 14 0.02% 7.14E−11 39 38 eGFP 339 G A 72067 16 0.02% 5.89E−10 38 37 eGFP 342 C A 71975 11 0.02% 3.37E−12 38 37 eGFP 343 C T 70629 16 0.02% 1.59E−09 38 35 eGFP 348 G A 77400 12 0.02% 4.46E−13 39 40 eGFP 349 A G 70834 17 0.02% 4.13E−09 39 39 eGFP 376 A G 77503 15 0.02% 1.61E−11 39 37 eGFP 388 C G 78504 19 0.02% 5.70E−10 39 35 eGFP 389 C T 75026 16 0.02% 1.31E−10 39 38 eGFP 391 C G 80079 14 0.02% 1.05E−12 40 33 eGFP 415 A G 81719 20 0.02% 3.43E−10 40 36 eGFP 423 A G 81971 15 0.02% 1.99E−12 40 40 eGFP 427 A G 81118 18 0.02% 5.00E−11 40 40 eGFP 15 G C 99092 13 0.01% 7.37E−18 40 37 eGFP 28 A G 91354 10 0.01% 8.34E−18 38 40 eGFP 30 A G 100357 11 0.01% 2.00E−19 40 40 eGFP 39 G A 94283 13 0.01% 1.27E−16 39 35 eGFP 56 G T 95069 11 0.01% 3.79E−18 39 40 eGFP 71 G A 92814 11 0.01% 2.19E−17 38 36 eGFP 78 A G 95693 10 0.01% 7.78E−19 40 38 eGFP 101 C T 96992 12 0.01% 5.39E−18 39 37 eGFP 103 A G 92817 13 0.01% 3.93E−16 39 38 eGFP 112 G A 94088 14 0.01% 4.95E−16 39 38 eGFP 122 G C 92745 13 0.01% 3.93E−16 39 35 eGFP 123 G T 90482 10 0.01% 1.51E−17 39 38 eGFP 126 C A 92748 12 0.01% 9.60E−17 39 35 eGFP 302 C T 73425 9 0.01% 6.79E−14 39 36 eGFP 308 C T 66266 7 0.01% 1.90E−13 37 37 eGFP 317 C T 71216 9 0.01% 2.16E−13 38 38 eGFP 341 C T 75139 11 0.01% 3.64E−13 39 39 eGFP 371 G A 80314 12 0.01% 8.46E−14 40 40 eGFP 392 C G 80310 10 0.01% 5.18E−15 40 39 eGFP 393 G A 81533 11 0.01% 1.23E−14 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 40 G C 70603 29 0.04% 2.29E−05 39 34 p21_Cdkn1A 142 G T 52751 21 0.04% 1.85E−04 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 4 G T 73556 25 0.03% 6.35E−07 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 67 A C 66518 19 0.03% 1.51E−07 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 107 C G 67744 19 0.03% 9.62E−08 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 117 C G 64846 20 0.03% 7.87E−07 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 129 A C 35436 12 0.03% 5.42E−04 37 32 p21_Cdkn1A 341 C G 66122 18 0.03% 6.61E−08 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 346 C G 67944 21 0.03% 4.57E−07 39 40 p21_Cdkn1A 370 G C 70495 24 0.03% 1.09E−06 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 375 G C 66233 23 0.03% 2.83E−06 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 438 C G 74327 26 0.03% 8.27E−07 40 37 p21_Cdkn1A 463 A C 71804 20 0.03% 3.59E−08 39 33 p21_Cdkn1A 8 G T 72689 11 0.02% 1.93E−12 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 9 G T 73113 13 0.02% 1.34E−11 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 39 G C 68379 14 0.02% 5.62E−10 39 33 p21_Cdkn1A 57 G T 71411 15 0.02% 3.50E−10 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 77 C G 70521 13 0.02% 6.59E−11 40 36 p21_Cdkn1A 85 C A 68765 15 0.02% 1.58E−09 39 35 p21_Cdkn1A 100 A C 45313 8 0.02% 1.18E−07 38 33 p21_Cdkn1A 119 A C 55369 13 0.02% 1.36E−07 38 34 p21_Cdkn1A 124 A C 56360 11 0.02% 1.06E−08 38 32 p21_Cdkn1A 127 G C 58762 14 0.02% 8.17E−08 38 33 p21_Cdkn1A 134 G T 53122 12 0.02% 1.38E−07 38 35 p21_Cdkn1A 140 C G 61190 11 0.02% 7.67E−10 38 36 p21_Cdkn1A 143 C A 61817 12 0.02% 2.38E−09 38 35 p21_Cdkn1A 330 A T 63822 12 0.02% 8.38E−10 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 331 A C 57584 12 0.02% 1.85E−08 38 38 p21_Cdkn1A 333 A T 59379 9 0.02% 1.94E−10 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 335 A T 62560 13 0.02% 4.16E−09 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 338 G T 59823 9 0.02% 1.94E−10 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 339 G T 61435 13 0.02% 6.90E−09 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 340 C A 65915 14 0.02% 2.57E−09 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 345 A G 62526 11 0.02% 4.50E−10 38 38 p21_Cdkn1A 348 G C 64941 10 0.02% 4.43E−11 38 38 p21_Cdkn1A 358 G C 66114 15 0.02% 4.27E−09 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 368 G C 71745 13 0.02% 3.89E−11 40 35 p21_Cdkn1A 390 A G 64336 16 0.02% 2.91E−08 38 37 p21_Cdkn1A 458 C A 72557 11 0.02% 1.93E−12 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 460 C G 73417 16 0.02% 3.58E−10 40 34 p21_Cdkn1A 462 C G 73491 12 0.02% 4.00E−12 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 20 G T 72140 8 0.01% 2.65E−14 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 27 G T 65817 7 0.01% 3.44E−13 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 38 G C 70993 8 0.01% 4.78E−14 40 34 p21_Cdkn1A 88 G T 69297 9 0.01% 6.82E−13 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 91 A G 67343 9 0.01% 2.14E−12 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 138 A G 55203 6 0.01% 2.66E−11 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 144 G A 56488 6 0.01% 1.47E−11 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 332 C T 62499 9 0.01% 3.63E−11 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 344 G T 64795 9 0.01% 1.18E−11 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 353 C A 67943 10 0.01% 8.38E−12 39 36 p21_Cdkn1A 407 C A 66220 9 0.01% 3.78E−12 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 459 C A 73097 9 0.01% 6.79E−14 39 37 PCNA 105 C G 178080 101 0.06% 2.33E−06 39 38 PCNA 12 A T 188422 98 0.05% 5.57E−08 40 32 PCNA 341 A C 104039 56 0.05% 9.10E−05 36 33 PCNA 427 A G 174742 79 0.05% 1.11E−09 40 36 PCNA 40 G C 191594 75 0.04% 3.77E−13 39 36 PCNA 121 A G 178549 66 0.04% 2.27E−13 39 37 PCNA 322 G A 84818 30 0.04% 2.11E−07 36 33 PCNA 362 A C 151818 64 0.04% 1.36E−09 38 36 PCNA 379 A C 174281 74 0.04% 9.14E−11 40 38 PCNA 429 A C 173034 68 0.04% 4.86E−12 40 34 PCNA 67 A C 184262 64 0.03% 6.05E−15 39 38 PCNA 88 C G 189896 55 0.03% 1.05E−18 40 36 PCNA 131 C A 165053 47 0.03% 6.97E−17 38 38 PCNA 139 C G 169530 45 0.03% 2.13E−18 39 39 PCNA 324 A T 106797 31 0.03% 4.21E−11 37 39 PCNA 333 C A 133775 45 0.03% 1.35E−11 38 33 PCNA 346 A G 117804 40 0.03% 2.94E−10 37 37 PCNA 377 G C 171276 54 0.03% 1.16E−15 39 37 PCNA 428 A C 170042 43 0.03% 2.27E−19 39 35 PCNA 455 G A 174164 50 0.03% 1.45E−17 40 32 PCNA 13 G C 192828 32 0.02% 2.57E−29 40 35 PCNA 15 A C 189743 30 0.02% 1.05E−29 39 37 PCNA 37 G C 193709 39 0.02% 5.22E−26 40 35 PCNA 127 A C 170201 30 0.02% 3.00E−25 39 40 PCNA 130 C T 175444 38 0.02% 1.61E−22 39 39 PCNA 142 C A 165679 29 0.02% 1.30E−24 38 38 PCNA 334 A G 145834 26 0.02% 1.51E−21 38 39 PCNA 337 A C 141344 22 0.02% 9.26E−23 38 38 PCNA 345 C A 147343 24 0.02% 4.49E−23 38 37 PCNA 349 C A 151680 24 0.02% 5.06E−24 38 37 PCNA 387 C A 170703 27 0.02% 7.26E−27 40 39 PCNA 411 C T 166072 36 0.02% 1.84E−21 39 39 PCNA 430 A G 173198 41 0.02% 8.44E−21 40 35 PCNA 17 G C 193273 23 0.01% 5.87E−35 39 37 PCNA 22 A G 192655 25 0.01% 2.08E−33 40 40 PCNA 31 A G 169752 23 0.01% 5.74E−29 39 37 PCNA 36 A C 187646 21 0.01% 8.68E−35 40 38 PCNA 66 G A 188425 25 0.01% 2.04E−32 40 40 PCNA 72 C T 177089 25 0.01% 1.03E−29 39 39 PCNA 85 C G 187534 24 0.01% 8.43E−33 39 37 PCNA 122 C A 181971 26 0.01% 4.33E−30 39 39 PCNA 129 G T 182945 24 0.01% 1.47E−31 40 39 PCNA 140 A G 169929 22 0.01% 1.36E−29 39 38 PCNA 141 G A 170785 20 0.01% 3.83E−31 39 39 PCNA 143 C A 174326 21 0.01% 1.73E−31 39 38 PCNA 323 A C 113580 17 0.01% 6.88E−19 37 38 PCNA 328 C T 132314 18 0.01% 6.30E−23 37 37 PCNA 332 A C 154014 21 0.01% 1.67E−26 38 40 PCNA 335 A G 148126 16 0.01% 2.86E−28 38 39 PCNA 336 A T 139413 16 0.01% 5.72E−26 38 38 PCNA 340 C T 143840 17 0.01% 2.59E−26 38 37 PCNA 342 C T 141762 15 0.01% 3.58E−27 38 37 PCNA 344 C T 110197 14 0.01% 5.72E−20 37 38 PCNA 375 C T 166798 17 0.01% 3.32E−32 39 40 PCNA 389 C A 167870 20 0.01% 2.19E−30 39 40 PCNA 443 C T 169230 18 0.01% 2.89E−32 40 40

TABLE 8 A-, C-, and G-to-N mutation frequencies in amplicon sequences: 50 μ 4sU labeling with OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment. NAME POS REF ALT REFdepth ALTdepth mutFREQ PVAL avgREFBASEQUAL avgALTBASEQUAL A2_CcnA2 29 C T 101085 60 0.06% 7.66E−04 40 40 A2_CcnA2 45 C T 100966 58 0.06% 4.04E−04 40 40 A2_CcnA2 350 C T 85274 44 0.05% 1.93E−04 39 39 A2_CcnA2 381 C T 85531 46 0.05% 4.14E−04 39 39 A2_CcnA2 391 C T 85435 40 0.05% 3.49E−05 40 40 A2_CcnA2 394 C T 87232 44 0.05% 1.07E−04 40 40 2_CcnA2 24 C T 100641 41 0.04% 3.59E−07 40 40 A2_CcnA2 119 A G 91835 38 0.04% 1.72E−06 39 38 A2_CcnA2 133 C T 91730 37 0.04% 9.95E−07 39 39 A2_CcnA2 145 C T 80096 29 0.04% 5.36E−07 38 38 A2_CcnA2 323 C T 77322 30 0.04% 3.12E−06 39 39 A2_CcnA2 333 C T 82442 32 0.04% 1.56E−06 39 37 A2_CcnA2 357 C T 86338 33 0.04% 6.28E−07 40 40 A2_CcnA2 369 C T 84996 35 0.04% 2.85E−06 40 38 A2_CcnA2 386 C T 83770 37 0.04% 1.61E−05 39 39 A2_CcnA2 400 C T 85598 34 0.04% 1.63E−06 40 40 A2_CcnA2 418 A G 86519 38 0.04% 9.66E−06 40 38 A2_CcnA2 41 A G 100072 31 0.03% 5.74E−10 40 38 A2_CcnA2 44 C T 101794 35 0.03% 6.43E−09 40 40 A2_CcnA2 67 G C 97523 31 0.03% 2.06E−09 40 37 A2_CcnA2 88 C T 96603 26 0.03% 6.23E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 132 C T 91695 27 0.03% 1.33E−09 39 39 A2_CcnA2 316 C T 76073 22 0.03% 1.93E−08 39 37 A2_CcnA2 332 C T 82036 27 0.03% 6.25E−08 39 37 A2_CcnA2 355 C T 85696 26 0.03% 8.41E−09 39 40 A2_CcnA2 363 C T 85614 24 0.03% 1.73E−09 40 40 A2_CcnA2 378 C T 86778 24 0.03% 1.10E−09 40 39 A2_CcnA2 403 C T 87679 25 0.03% 1.60E−09 40 39 A2_CcnA2 407 C T 87607 28 0.03% 1.58E−08 40 40 A2_CcnA2 451 C A 89309 26 0.03% 1.46E−09 40 40 A2_CcnA2 4 G T 101156 19 0.02% 5.29E−15 40 41 A2_CcnA2 7 G T 101489 17 0.02% 4.95E−16 40 41 A2_CcnA2 15 G T 101050 19 0.02% 5.29E−15 40 40 A2_CcnA2 42 C T 100911 25 0.02% 3.99E−12 40 40 A2_CcnA2 52 C T 100201 21 0.02% 7.91E−14 40 40 A2_CcnA2 87 C T 97404 18 0.02% 1.37E−14 40 40 A2_CcnA2 92 C T 99672 21 0.02% 1.31E−13 40 40 A2_CcnA2 99 C T 98407 15 0.02% 2.01E−16 40 40 A2_CcnA2 104 C T 98649 19 0.02% 2.53E−14 40 39 A2_CcnA2 107 C T 97491 24 0.02% 6.63E−12 40 40 A2_CcnA2 110 C T 95109 22 0.02% 2.62E−12 40 39 A2_CcnA2 142 C T 89047 16 0.02% 9.22E−14 39 37 A2_CcnA2 334 C T 81721 16 0.02% 6.11E−12 39 39 A2_CcnA2 340 A C 81909 19 0.02% 1.34E−10 39 38 A2_CcnA2 349 C T 85552 20 0.02% 4.98E−11 39 39 A2_CcnA2 362 A C 80815 20 0.02% 5.52E−10 39 37 A2_CcnA2 367 C T 84866 19 0.02% 3.07E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 370 C T 85922 20 0.02% 4.98E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 374 C T 85818 19 0.02% 1.87E−11 40 39 A2_CcnA2 375 C T 86069 20 0.02% 3.06E−11 39 39 A2_CcnA2 388 C T 83334 13 0.02% 5.92E−14 39 40 A2_CcnA2 389 C T 84723 21 0.02% 2.05E−10 39 40 A2_CcnA2 392 A C 82591 20 0.02% 2.12E−10 39 38 A2_CcnA2 431 C T 88207 22 0.02% 7.66E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 439 C A 88806 20 0.02% 1.15E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 449 C A 88437 22 0.02% 7.66E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 454 C A 89317 20 0.02% 7.00E−12 40 40 A2_CcnA2 10 G T 101410 14 0.01% 9.73E−18 40 40 A2_CcnA2 13 G T 101717 13 0.01% 2.34E−18 40 41 A2_CcnA2 34 G T 99965 10 0.01% 7.15E−20 40 40 A2_CcnA2 38 C T 100563 15 0.01% 6.64E−17 40 40 A2_CcnA2 39 C T 99957 13 0.01% 7.37E−18 40 39 A2_CcnA2 68 A C 94259 13 0.01% 1.27E−16 39 38 A2_CcnA2 115 G A 96932 11 0.01% 2.11E−18 39 40 A2_CcnA2 127 C T 93178 10 0.01% 2.55E−18 39 39 A2_CcnA2 130 A C 92107 10 0.01% 4.62E−18 39 36 A2_CcnA2 137 A C 84434 12 0.01% 9.02E−15 39 33 A2_CcnA2 317 G C 74759 9 0.01% 3.80E−14 39 35 A2_CcnA2 322 A G 70429 8 0.01% 8.61E−14 38 37 A2_CcnA2 329 A G 71999 10 0.01% 5.05E−13 37 39 A2_CcnA2 331 A T 59430 6 0.01% 2.45E−12 37 38 A2_CcnA2 338 A G 82158 9 0.01% 3.49E−16 39 39 A2_CcnA2 343 C T 83917 11 0.01% 3.94E−15 39 39 A2_CcnA2 397 G T 87980 11 0.01% 3.97E−16 40 41 A2_CcnA2 416 A G 88663 10 0.01% 4.89E−17 40 40 A2_CcnA2 453 C A 89250 13 0.01% 2.12E−15 40 40 A2_CcnA2 456 C A 88489 12 0.01% 9.40E−16 40 40 B1_CncB1 24 C T 108045 63 0.06% 3.58E−04 40 40 B1_CncB1 65 C T 106473 59 0.06% 1.56E−04 40 40 B1_CncB1 66 C T 104822 62 0.06% 6.91E−04 40 40 B1_CncB1 389 C T 96124 56 0.06% 7.35E−04 40 40 B1_CncB1 135 C T 88411 41 0.05% 2.12E−05 39 38 B1_CncB1 432 A G 94725 43 0.05% 7.79E−06 40 39 B1_CncB1 462 C A 98472 51 0.05% 7.27E−05 40 40 B1_CncB1 465 C A 99099 48 0.05% 1.56E−05 40 40 B1_CncB1 41 A G 105874 43 0.04% 1.80E−07 40 37 B1_CncB1 47 C T 107247 43 0.04% 8.78E−08 40 40 B1_CncB1 68 A G 103941 38 0.04% 2.03E−08 40 39 B1_CncB1 94 A G 99380 44 0.04% 2.42E−06 39 37 B1_CncB1 119 C G 102496 42 0.04% 3.04E−07 40 38 B1_CncB1 347 C T 88976 40 0.04% 9.51E−06 39 38 B1_CncB1 447 C T 97309 38 0.04% 1.96E−07 40 40 B1_CncB1 468 C A 99025 37 0.04% 5.08E−08 40 40 B1_CncB1 471 A G 98039 36 0.04% 4.01E−08 40 40 B1_CncB1 9 G T 108711 28 0.03% 1.37E−12 40 40 B1_CncB1 18 G T 107816 35 0.03% 5.53E−10 40 40 B1_CncB1 25 A G 106857 27 0.03% 1.44E−12 40 40 B1_CncB1 26 C T 107549 28 0.03% 2.19E−12 40 41 B1_CncB1 126 A G 104611 28 0.03% 8.75E−12 39 39 B1_CncB1 357 A G 89779 29 0.03% 1.40E−08 39 38 B1_CncB1 379 A C 96563 30 0.03% 1.51E−09 40 38 B1_CncB1 383 G C 95480 28 0.03% 5.02E−10 40 38 B1_CncB1 413 A G 94556 28 0.03% 7.79E−10 40 40 B1_CncB1 438 C T 97050 33 0.03% 8.40E−09 40 40 B1_CncB1 446 C T 96926 30 0.03% 1.51E−09 40 40 B1_CncB1 13 G T 108571 23 0.02% 1.13E−14 40 40 B1_CncB1 23 G C 107712 21 0.02% 2.20E−15 40 40 B1_CncB1 31 C T 107883 22 0.02% 6.53E−15 40 40 B1_CncB1 37 C T 106772 19 0.02% 3.78E−16 40 40 B1_CncB1 49 C T 106517 17 0.02% 3.26E−17 40 40 B1_CncB1 52 G T 106909 20 0.02% 1.21E−15 40 40 B1_CncB1 55 C T 105971 20 0.02% 2.03E−15 40 39 B1_CncB1 56 A G 105739 24 0.02% 1.38E−13 40 39 B1_CncB1 67 A G 106404 17 0.02% 3.26E−17 40 35 B1_CncB1 71 C G 103991 19 0.02% 1.09E−15 39 39 B1_CncB1 96 C T 103909 19 0.02% 1.85E−15 40 38 B1_CncB1 132 C T 96946 22 0.02% 1.61E−12 39 39 B1_CncB1 133 A C 92940 15 0.02% 5.44E−15 39 33 B1_CncB1 134 C T 98174 15 0.02% 2.01E−16 39 39 B1_CncB1 142 C A 90159 15 0.02% 1.61E−14 39 34 B1_CncB1 331 G T 85758 20 0.02% 4.98E−11 39 34 B1_CncB1 350 G T 92775 22 0.02% 1.13E−11 39 35 B1_CncB1 360 C T 91321 14 0.02% 2.62E−15 39 40 B1_CncB1 406 A C 96976 18 0.02% 2.32E−14 40 37 B1_CncB1 410 G C 96868 17 0.02% 7.25E−15 40 40 B1_CncB1 420 C T 97731 16 0.02% 1.25E−15 40 40 B1_CncB1 431 C T 96920 23 0.02% 4.21E−12 40 40 B1_CncB1 439 A G 98216 24 0.02% 4.11E−12 40 40 B1_CncB1 441 G T 98389 24 0.02% 4.11E−12 40 40 B1_CncB1 445 G T 97717 23 0.02% 2.60E−12 40 40 B1_CncB1 469 A C 98961 22 0.02% 5.99E−13 40 40 B1_CncB1 472 G A 98498 15 0.02% 2.01E−16 40 39 B1_CncB1 6 G T 108332 14 0.01% 1.81E−19 40 41 B1_CncB1 99 G T 103886 13 0.01% 7.41E−19 39 40 B1_CncB1 335 A T 85443 9 0.01% 5.89E−17 39 37 B1_CncB1 342 G T 88071 11 0.01% 2.23E−16 39 35 B1_CncB1 363 G T 91388 13 0.01% 6.89E−16 39 33 B1_CncB1 392 A G 95216 13 0.01% 7.20E−17 40 40 B1_CncB1 443 A G 98308 11 0.01% 6.52E−19 40 38 D1_CncD1 271 G T 81803 38 0.05% 5.00E−05 37 36 D1_CncD1 43 C T 131694 50 0.04% 7.25E−10 40 40 D1_CncD1 122 C T 123476 51 0.04% 2.36E−08 39 38 D1_CncD1 290 G C 98550 38 0.04% 1.35E−07 39 37 D1_CncD1 322 A C 109913 42 0.04% 2.36E−08 40 37 D1_CncD1 382 C T 109455 43 0.04% 4.23E−08 40 40 D1_CncD1 37 C T 130009 44 0.03% 2.30E−11 40 40 D1_CncD1 51 C T 132356 36 0.03% 2.18E−14 40 40 D1_CncD1 55 C T 130935 37 0.03% 1.23E−13 40 39 D1_CncD1 299 C T 98787 25 0.03% 1.03E−11 39 38 D1_CncD1 300 A G 94534 26 0.03% 1.55E−10 39 36 D1_CncD1 317 C T 105872 28 0.03% 5.52E−12 39 40 D1_CncD1 319 C T 102498 26 0.03% 3.84E−12 39 39 D1_CncD1 326 A C 109600 30 0.03% 4.86E−12 40 37 D1_CncD1 375 C G 110202 37 0.03% 6.51E−10 40 38 D1_CncD1 67 G C 129319 26 0.02% 6.38E−18 40 37 D1_CncD1 81 C T 128059 24 0.02% 1.15E−18 40 39 D1_CncD1 90 C T 127230 29 0.02% 3.88E−16 40 37 D1_CncD1 94 G C 128862 27 0.02% 3.09E−17 39 36 D1_CncD1 96 A G 101641 16 0.02% 1.41E−16 37 36 D1_CncD1 97 G C 127268 21 0.02% 5.44E−20 39 35 D1_CncD1 112 A G 114572 22 0.02% 1.78E−16 39 38 D1_CncD1 118 C T 122156 19 0.02% 6.55E−20 39 39 D1_CncD1 123 C T 120339 30 0.02% 2.94E−14 39 39 D1_CncD1 127 C T 115844 24 0.02% 9.39E−16 39 37 D1_CncD1 129 A G 108137 21 0.02% 1.31E−15 38 37 D1_CncD1 131 A G 101627 24 0.02% 9.71E−13 37 38 D1_CncD1 138 A G 104607 22 0.02% 2.99E−14 38 34 D1_CncD1 145 C A 72671 14 0.02% 7.14E−11 36 34 D1_CncD1 280 G T 90960 20 0.02% 4.26E−12 39 36 D1_CncD1 291 A G 97781 15 0.02% 3.50E−16 39 35 D1_CncD1 293 G T 99854 21 0.02% 1.31E−13 39 33 D1_CncD1 297 C T 98530 22 0.02% 5.99E−13 39 40 D1_CncD1 302 C T 100529 16 0.02% 2.44E−16 39 39 D1_CncD1 304 G T 106085 22 0.02% 1.09E−14 39 38 D1_CncD1 328 A G 109321 19 0.02% 7.64E−17 40 39 D1_CncD1 349 A G 109993 20 0.02% 1.47E−16 40 38 D1_CncD1 18 G T 133233 16 0.01% 1.90E−24 40 39 D1_CncD1 19 G T 132381 19 0.01% 2.53E−22 40 40 D1_CncD1 36 C T 131085 14 0.01% 2.66E−25 40 40 D1_CncD1 56 A G 129476 13 0.01% 1.69E−25 40 40 D1_CncD1 73 G T 127801 18 0.01% 1.06E−21 39 38 D1_CncD1 76 G T 130489 19 0.01% 7.74E−22 40 39 D1_CncD1 79 C T 127094 14 0.01% 2.84E−24 40 40 D1_CncD1 92 G A 129831 15 0.01% 4.21E−24 39 39 D1_CncD1 121 G T 126740 17 0.01% 4.61E−22 39 37 D1_CncD1 134 A G 102932 13 0.01% 1.32E−18 37 39 D1_CncD1 135 A C 105117 11 0.01% 1.03E−20 37 37 D1_CncD1 137 A C 106946 14 0.01% 5.67E−19 37 36 D1_CncD1 277 A G 86860 9 0.01% 3.25E−17 38 35 D1_CncD1 278 A C 89354 13 0.01% 2.12E−15 38 37 D1_CncD1 279 G T 92578 10 0.01% 4.62E−18 39 36 D1_CncD1 301 C T 97333 14 0.01% 9.26E−17 39 37 D1_CncD1 314 A G 105132 14 0.01% 1.00E−18 39 38 D1_CncD1 321 A G 111193 14 0.01% 3.22E−20 40 40 D1_CncD1 330 A G 104837 13 0.01% 4.16E−19 40 38 D1_CncD1 337 A G 110188 14 0.01% 5.72E−20 40 39 D1_CncD1 345 C T 106511 13 0.01% 1.31E−19 39 40 D1_CncD1 348 A G 110689 12 0.01% 2.68E−21 40 37 D1_CncD1 370 A G 109945 11 0.01% 9.48E−22 40 39 E1_CncE1 473 A G 36428 80 0.22% 2.66E−05 39 40 E1_CncE1 412 C T 36711 68 0.18% 1.10E−03 40 40 E1_CncE1 3 G T 39995 70 0.17% 2.71E−03 40 40 E1_CncE1 13 C T 39828 16 0.04% 1.33E−03 40 40 E1_CncE1 15 C T 40040 12 0.03% 6.35E−05 40 41 E1_CncE1 105 C G 38688 10 0.03% 3.07E−05 39 38 E1_CncE1 126 A G 33229 9 0.03% 1.35E−04 38 36 E1_CncE1 138 A C 26812 7 0.03% 6.57E−04 37 34 E1_CncE1 335 A C 19564 5 0.03% 3.30E−03 36 35 E1_CncE1 356 A C 31205 10 0.03% 7.23E−04 38 38 E1_CncE1 370 A C 35587 10 0.03% 1.23E−04 39 38 E1_CncE1 434 A G 37358 11 0.03% 1.11E−04 40 37 E1_CncE1 41 C G 39355 7 0.02% 9.10E−07 40 34 E1_CncE1 67 C G 38785 6 0.02% 4.68E−07 40 39 E1_CncE1 97 G C 38938 7 0.02% 1.55E−06 40 36 E1_CncE1 334 A G 17408 4 0.02% 3.59E−03 36 41 E1_CncE1 336 G T 29661 5 0.02% 1.92E−05 38 35 E1_CncE1 350 A G 23694 4 0.02% 1.55E−04 36 33 E1_CncE1 425 C T 36964 7 0.02% 4.46E−06 40 39 E1_CncE1 474 G A 38002 9 0.02% 1.24E−05 40 36 E1_CncE1 50 G T 39302 4 0.01% 1.54E−08 40 41 E1_CncE1 125 C A 37033 4 0.01% 5.09E−08 39 33 E1_CncE1 130 C G 37711 4 0.01% 5.09E−08 39 38 E1_CncE1 142 G A 33531 4 0.01% 5.39E−07 39 38 E1_CncE1 348 G C 29550 4 0.01% 5.44E−06 37 37 E1_CncE1 359 G C 36130 4 0.01% 9.22E−08 39 36 E1_CncE1 459 C A 36086 4 0.01% 9.22E−08 39 41 E1_CncE1 460 C T 36980 4 0.01% 9.22E−08 40 36 E1_CncE1 461 C A 37035 5 0.01% 2.20E−07 40 41 E1_CncE1 471 A T 37232 4 0.01% 5.09E−08 40 38 eGFP 425 G A 17324 56 0.32% 2.58E−06 40 40 eGFP 141 A G 18416 44 0.24% 6.44E−04 36 38 eGFP 97 A T 28703 62 0.22% 2.17E−04 39 40 eGFP 96 G T 31907 61 0.19% 1.15E−03 39 40 eGFP 136 A G 20242 39 0.19% 9.13E−03 37 39 eGFP 31 A G 33013 61 0.18% 2.52E−03 40 40 eGFP 91 G C 31354 56 0.18% 4.81E−03 39 39 eGFP 21 G A 32739 12 0.04% 1.82E−03 40 39 eGFP 49 A G 31052 12 0.04% 2.69E−03 39 40 eGFP 61 A G 30693 11 0.04% 2.16E−03 39 40 eGFP 119 C G 30288 11 0.04% 2.16E−03 38 38 eGFP 47 G A 31680 8 0.03% 1.46E−04 39 39 eGFP 68 G A 32010 10 0.03% 4.69E−04 40 39 eGFP 69 G A 32238 11 0.03% 9.54E−04 40 38 eGFP 122 G A 30636 10 0.03% 1.11E−03 39 38 eGFP 128 C T 29850 9 0.03% 8.26E−04 39 36 eGFP 129 A C 26078 7 0.03% 6.57E−04 38 35 eGFP 1 C T 33108 8 0.02% 5.59E−05 39 36 eGFP 22 G A 32235 8 0.02% 9.07E−05 40 41 eGFP 25 A G 33112 8 0.02% 5.59E−05 40 41 eGFP 26 C T 33113 7 0.02% 2.10E−05 40 39 eGFP 29 C T 33539 6 0.02% 7.11E−06 40 40 eGFP 32 G A 32612 5 0.02% 3.69E−06 40 41 eGFP 35 C T 33069 7 0.02% 2.10E−05 40 40 eGFP 37 G T 32457 8 0.02% 9.07E−05 40 41 eGFP 41 C G 32651 5 0.02% 3.69E−06 40 39 eGFP 42 G A 32725 7 0.02% 3.50E−05 40 37 eGFP 50 G A 32592 7 0.02% 3.50E−05 40 38 eGFP 53 C T 32825 7 0.02% 3.50E−05 40 41 eGFP 58 G A 31674 5 0.02% 6.42E−06 40 40 eGFP 64 C T 32752 7 0.02% 3.50E−05 40 39 eGFP 65 C A 32424 5 0.02% 3.69E−06 40 41 eGFP 71 G A 29617 6 0.02% 5.82E−05 38 39 eGFP 72 A G 30584 7 0.02% 9.51E−05 39 39 eGFP 74 C A 32906 7 0.02% 3.50E−05 40 40 eGFP 77 C T 33234 7 0.02% 2.10E−05 40 40 eGFP 81 G A 32360 7 0.02% 3.50E−05 40 39 eGFP 86 G A 32217 5 0.02% 3.69E−06 40 38 eGFP 90 G C 32315 5 0.02% 3.69E−06 39 39 eGFP 95 C T 30548 7 0.02% 9.51E−05 39 39 eGFP 104 G A 31988 5 0.02% 6.42E−06 39 39 eGFP 115 A G 25454 6 0.02% 4.37E−04 38 40 eGFP 116 C T 29976 7 0.02% 1.56E−04 39 35 eGFP 123 G A 29690 6 0.02% 5.82E−05 39 38 eGFP 126 C G 30587 6 0.02% 3.46E−05 39 36 eGFP 137 G C 28236 5 0.02% 3.29E−05 38 37 eGFP 140 C G 22367 5 0.02% 7.55E−04 36 38 eGFP 287 C T 15189 3 0.02% 3.76E−03 39 35 eGFP 299 C G 15715 3 0.02% 3.76E−03 39 39 eGFP 316 G A 15015 3 0.02% 3.76E−03 38 35 eGFP 325 C T 16421 3 0.02% 2.21E−03 40 41 eGFP 336 A G 16200 3 0.02% 2.21E−03 39 41 eGFP 357 G A 16036 3 0.02% 2.21E−03 38 39 eGFP 404 C T 17016 4 0.02% 3.59E−03 40 41 eGFP 412 A T 16846 3 0.02% 2.21E−03 40 41 eGFP 2 C G 33662 5 0.01% 2.12E−06 40 40 eGFP 39 G C 32703 4 0.01% 9.65E−07 40 41 eGFP 45 G A 31798 4 0.01% 1.72E−06 40 41 eGFP 92 C A 32148 4 0.01% 9.65E−07 40 36 eGFP 284 C A 14677 2 0.01% 2.09E−03 39 39 eGFP 294 C G 14385 2 0.01% 2.09E−03 38 32 eGFP 314 G T 14349 2 0.01% 2.09E−03 38 32 eGFP 319 C T 16442 2 0.01% 6.54E−04 39 37 eGFP 323 G A 15126 2 0.01% 1.17E−03 38 41 eGFP 327 G A 16462 2 0.01% 6.54E−04 40 34 eGFP 328 C G 16367 2 0.01% 6.54E−04 39 32 eGFP 329 C T 16427 2 0.01% 6.54E−04 39 36 eGFP 348 G A 16328 2 0.01% 6.54E−04 39 36 eGFP 350 G A 16008 2 0.01% 6.54E−04 39 34 eGFP 353 G A 16559 2 0.01% 6.54E−04 40 37 eGFP 356 C T 16537 2 0.01% 6.54E−04 39 41 eGFP 360 C T 16467 2 0.01% 6.54E−04 40 41 eGFP 371 G A 16711 2 0.01% 6.54E−04 40 39 eGFP 398 C G 16651 2 0.01% 6.54E−04 40 41 eGFP 411 G A 17124 2 0.01% 3.63E−04 40 41 eGFP 424 A C 17249 2 0.01% 3.63E−04 40 41 p21_Cdkn1A 54 C A 77218 158 0.20% 6.70E−08 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 112 C T 74933 142 0.19% 3.13E−06 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 143 C T 65226 104 0.16% 1.66E−03 38 36 p21_Cdkn1A 403 A C 53513 88 0.16% 2.00E−03 37 39 p21_Cdkn1A 60 G T 76689 109 0.14% 9.16E−03 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 41 G C 77403 43 0.06% 1.22E−03 40 38 p21_Cdkn1A 97 C G 75942 40 0.05% 7.04E−04 40 37 p21_Cdkn1A 119 A G 55575 26 0.05% 8.41E−04 38 38 p21_Cdkn1A 89 C T 75866 27 0.04% 1.07E−06 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 138 A C 53714 20 0.04% 7.05E−05 37 33 p21_Cdkn1A 345 A G 55921 22 0.04% 1.08E−04 38 34 p21_Cdkn1A 105 C G 77027 26 0.03% 2.45E−07 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 124 A C 58754 19 0.03% 4.86E−06 37 34 p21_Cdkn1A 135 A C 49981 13 0.03% 2.39E−06 37 33 p21_Cdkn1A 141 A C 50501 14 0.03% 3.51E−06 37 33 p21_Cdkn1A 370 G C 67153 20 0.03% 2.14E−07 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 67 A G 75669 16 0.02% 1.31E−10 40 36 p21_Cdkn1A 68 C G 77861 17 0.02% 1.34E−10 40 38 p21_Cdkn1A 104 A C 70705 11 0.02% 5.84E−12 39 33 p21_Cdkn1A 116 C G 75437 13 0.02% 4.60E−12 39 36 p21_Cdkn1A 142 G C 58400 11 0.02% 3.74E−09 38 35 p21_Cdkn1A 4 G T 79565 8 0.01% 4.12E−16 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 8 G T 79621 10 0.01% 9.23E−15 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 9 G T 79439 11 0.01% 3.83E−14 40 37 p21_Cdkn1A 91 A C 71342 8 0.01% 4.78E−14 39 32 p21_Cdkn1A 333 A C 49792 7 0.01% 3.70E−09 37 33 p21_Cdkn1A 338 G T 59944 8 0.01% 5.03E−11 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 451 A G 68856 7 0.01% 5.76E−14 40 41 p21_Cdkn1A 467 C A 71372 9 0.01% 2.16E−13 40 41 PCNA 120 C T 101656 60 0.06% 7.66E−04 39 39 PCNA 122 C T 101725 51 0.05% 3.04E−05 39 39 PCNA 340 C T 75202 40 0.05% 7.04E−04 37 37 PCNA 342 C T 82515 43 0.05% 3.08E−04 39 38 PCNA 389 C T 91777 49 0.05% 2.42E−04 40 40 PCNA 436 C T 92547 43 0.05% 1.49E−05 40 40 PCNA 77 C T 107763 40 0.04% 1.50E−08 40 40 PCNA 85 C T 104343 40 0.04% 4.68E−08 39 39 PCNA 97 A G 105449 40 0.04% 3.21E−08 40 38 PCNA 105 C G 102130 44 0.04% 8.78E−07 40 38 PCNA 351 C A 86317 34 0.04% 1.13E−06 39 39 PCNA 362 A C 84597 31 0.04% 3.98E−07 39 38 PCNA 373 G C 91223 37 0.04% 9.95E−07 40 38 PCNA 422 C T 90997 32 0.04% 4.82E−08 40 40 PCNA 41 A C 103554 36 0.03% 5.61E−09 40 38 PCNA 59 C T 108078 29 0.03% 3.28E−12 40 40 PCNA 72 C T 105299 30 0.03% 2.95E−11 40 40 PCNA 94 A G 98756 27 0.03% 5.82E−11 39 37 PCNA 104 C T 105605 31 0.03% 6.55E−11 40 40 PCNA 130 C T 100440 31 0.03% 5.74E−10 39 39 PCNA 137 C T 93552 27 0.03% 5.50E−10 39 38 PCNA 139 C T 94253 32 0.03% 1.44E−08 39 38 PCNA 324 A T 52355 14 0.03% 1.40E−06 37 37 PCNA 333 C T 82495 22 0.03% 1.27E−09 39 36 PCNA 346 A C 61810 17 0.03% 2.81E−07 37 33 PCNA 354 C T 85765 24 0.03% 1.73E−09 39 38 PCNA 363 C T 88288 24 0.03% 4.44E−10 39 39 PCNA 375 C T 90442 29 0.03% 9.19E−09 40 39 PCNA 445 C T 93120 30 0.03% 5.36E−09 40 41 PCNA 21 C T 107406 22 0.02% 6.53E−15 40 41 PCNA 25 C T 108939 21 0.02% 1.31E−15 40 41 PCNA 62 C T 108653 25 0.02% 8.46E−14 40 40 PCNA 67 A C 105691 18 0.02% 1.95E−16 40 36 PCNA 71 C T 105541 25 0.02% 3.63E−13 39 40 PCNA 92 G A 105950 17 0.02% 5.63E−17 40 39 PCNA 132 G T 97807 24 0.02% 6.63E−12 39 40 PCNA 142 C T 97562 17 0.02% 4.25E−15 39 37 PCNA 143 C A 93580 22 0.02% 6.94E−12 39 32 PCNA 328 C T 75774 12 0.02% 1.34E−12 38 38 PCNA 335 A G 77701 12 0.02% 4.46E−13 38 38 PCNA 339 C T 81898 14 0.02% 6.12E−13 38 37 PCNA 344 C T 82817 13 0.02% 1.03E−13 39 38 PCNA 345 C T 82113 17 0.02% 1.08E−11 38 38 PCNA 357 C T 88674 17 0.02% 4.91E−13 40 40 PCNA 365 C T 89116 22 0.02% 4.76E−11 39 40 PCNA 400 G C 93711 15 0.02% 3.15E−15 40 37 PCNA 424 C T 93695 16 0.02% 1.09E−14 40 40 PCNA 427 A G 93194 14 0.02% 8.64E−16 40 40 PCNA 433 C T 93427 19 0.02% 3.33E−13 40 41 PCNA 440 G T 92008 17 0.02% 6.04E−14 40 40 PCNA 82 G T 106264 11 0.01% 5.69E−21 40 40 PCNA 90 G T 105112 15 0.01% 4.06E−18 40 40 PCNA 111 G T 103931 11 0.01% 3.39E−20 39 40 PCNA 119 G T 103084 14 0.01% 3.13E−18 39 39 PCNA 131 C G 95583 13 0.01% 7.20E−17 39 34 PCNA 135 A C 82860 11 0.01% 6.97E−15 38 32 PCNA 140 A G 88600 10 0.01% 4.89E−17 39 38 PCNA 322 G T 55098 8 0.01% 4.83E−10 37 38 PCNA 323 A G 58163 7 0.01% 2.11E−11 37 33 PCNA 334 A G 78594 9 0.01% 3.68E−15 38 39 PCNA 337 A C 62456 7 0.01% 2.03E−12 37 37 PCNA 338 G T 79957 11 0.01% 3.83E−14 39 35 PCNA 367 C T 89503 11 0.01% 1.25E−16 40 40 PCNA 377 G C 92611 12 0.01% 9.60E−17 40 37 PCNA 386 C T 91447 11 0.01% 3.91E−17 40 39 PCNA 395 G T 92545 13 0.01% 3.93E−16 40 39 PCNA 399 A C 92134 10 0.01% 4.62E−18 40 36 PCNA 406 A G 90321 11 0.01% 7.00E−17 40 40 PCNA 410 G T 91070 12 0.01% 1.70E−16 40 40 PCNA 421 A G 91935 10 0.01% 8.34E−18 40 40 PCNA 439 G A 91870 10 0.01% 8.34E−18 40 39 PCNA 443 C A 91582 10 0.01% 8.34E−18 40 40

TABLE 9 A-. C-. and G-to-N mutation frequencies in amplicon sequences: 100 μ 4sU labeling with OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment. NAME POS REF ALT REFdepth ALTdepth mutFREQ PVAL avgREFBASEQUAL avgALTBASEQUAL A2_CcnA2 350 C T 87589 40 0.05% 1.83E−05 39 39 A2_CcnA2 391 C T 87904 40 0.05% 1.83E−05 40 39 A2_CcnA2 394 C T 89485 46 0.05% 1.34E−04 40 39 A2_CcnA2 29 C T 98082 35 0.04% 2.12E−08 40 41 A2_CcnA2 133 C T 89154 35 0.04% 6.64E−07 39 40 A2_CcnA2 142 C T 86716 34 0.04% 1.13E−06 39 38 A2_CcnA2 386 C T 86020 38 0.04% 9.66E−06 39 40 A2_CcnA2 398 C T 89498 40 0.04% 9.51E−06 40 40 A2_CcnA2 418 A G 89399 38 0.04% 3.46E−06 40 38 A2_CcnA2 10 G T 98221 25 0.03% 1.03E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 41 A C 97159 32 0.03% 4.20E−09 40 37 A2_CcnA2 45 C T 97565 28 0.03% 2.07E−10 40 40 A2_CcnA2 67 G C 94824 24 0.03% 2.74E−11 40 37 A2_CcnA2 104 C T 95609 24 0.03% 1.71E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 119 A G 89321 29 0.03% 1.40E−08 39 36 A2_CcnA2 131 C T 91625 28 0.03% 2.87E−09 39 40 A2_CcnA2 138 C T 88660 30 0.03% 4.24E−08 39 38 A2_CcnA2 316 C T 77731 26 0.03% 2.45E−07 39 39 A2_CcnA2 323 C T 78895 26 0.03% 1.62E−07 39 40 A2_CcnA2 333 C T 84451 28 0.03% 5.50E−08 39 38 A2_CcnA2 334 C T 83884 25 0.03% 9.32E−09 39 39 A2_CcnA2 357 C T 88891 29 0.03% 2.12E−08 40 39 A2_CcnA2 362 A C 83867 26 0.03% 1.99E−08 39 37 A2_CcnA2 363 C T 87741 30 0.03% 6.35E−08 40 40 A2_CcnA2 4 G T 97999 17 0.02% 2.49E−15 40 40 A2_CcnA2 7 G T 98166 18 0.02% 8.11E−15 40 40 A2_CcnA2 13 G T 98534 24 0.02% 4.11E−12 40 40 A2_CcnA2 15 G T 97946 16 0.02% 1.25E−15 40 39 A2_CcnA2 24 C T 97538 22 0.02% 9.82E−13 40 40 A2_CcnA2 38 C T 97407 18 0.02% 1.37E−14 40 40 A2_CcnA2 39 C T 96723 20 0.02% 2.09E−13 40 39 A2_CcnA2 42 C T 97786 23 0.02% 2.60E−12 40 40 A2_CcnA2 44 C T 98467 17 0.02% 2.49E−15 40 41 A2_CcnA2 52 C T 97108 22 0.02% 9.82E−13 40 40 A2_CcnA2 58 C T 96191 22 0.02% 1.61E−12 40 40 A2_CcnA2 102 A G 93640 15 0.02% 3.15E−15 40 38 A2_CcnA2 110 C T 92305 14 0.02% 1.51E−15 40 40 A2_CcnA2 121 C A 90335 16 0.02% 5.42E−14 39 35 A2_CcnA2 123 G T 92280 14 0.02% 1.51E−15 39 39 A2_CcnA2 127 C T 90486 16 0.02% 5.42E−14 39 38 A2_CcnA2 132 C T 89312 15 0.02% 2.77E−14 39 39 A2_CcnA2 315 A G 70437 13 0.02% 6.59E−11 38 38 A2_CcnA2 332 C T 83790 14 0.02% 2.08E−13 39 37 A2_CcnA2 340 A C 84644 20 0.02% 8.09E−11 39 38 A2_CcnA2 343 C T 86089 14 0.02% 4.08E−14 39 39 A2_CcnA2 355 C T 88046 18 0.02% 1.47E−12 39 39 A2_CcnA2 364 C T 87931 18 0.02% 2.44E−12 39 40 A2_CcnA2 369 C T 87129 20 0.02% 1.87E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 374 C T 88068 18 0.02% 1.47E−12 40 39 A2_CcnA2 375 C T 88489 19 0.02% 4.18E−12 39 39 A2_CcnA2 378 C T 89068 19 0.02% 2.53E−12 40 39 A2_CcnA2 381 C T 88166 20 0.02% 1.15E−11 40 39 A2_CcnA2 388 C T 85483 13 0.02% 1.96E−14 39 40 A2_CcnA2 389 C T 87209 14 0.02% 2.36E−14 39 40 A2_CcnA2 392 A G 85375 19 0.02% 1.87E−11 40 39 A2_CcnA2 403 C T 90073 16 0.02% 5.42E−14 40 40 A2_CcnA2 407 C T 90013 22 0.02% 2.95E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 431 C T 90735 22 0.02% 2.95E−11 40 40 A2_CcnA2 50 A G 97588 13 0.01% 2.31E−17 40 39 A2_CcnA2 68 A C 91781 10 0.01% 8.34E−18 39 37 A2_CcnA2 73 C T 94943 11 0.01% 6.81E−18 40 39 A2_CcnA2 82 A G 97605 11 0.01% 1.17E−18 40 39 A2_CcnA2 84 A G 95658 10 0.01% 7.78E−19 40 40 A2_CcnA2 87 C T 94196 13 0.01% 1.27E−16 40 40 A2_CcnA2 88 C A 93595 13 0.01% 2.23E−16 40 40 A2_CcnA2 97 G C 94988 11 0.01% 6.81E−18 40 39 A2_CcnA2 99 C T 95480 10 0.01% 7.78E−19 40 40 A2_CcnA2 113 C T 94557 13 0.01% 1.27E−16 40 39 A2_CcnA2 135 A C 83988 9 0.01% 1.93E−16 39 35 A2_CcnA2 145 C A 78166 11 0.01% 6.74E−14 38 36 A2_CcnA2 317 G C 76499 11 0.01% 2.08E−13 39 34 A2_CcnA2 319 A C 70955 8 0.01% 8.61E−14 38 38 A2_CcnA2 325 G T 77579 8 0.01% 1.36E−15 39 36 A2_CcnA2 327 A G 81231 9 0.01% 6.30E−16 39 37 A2_CcnA2 329 A C 75026 8 0.01% 4.48E−15 38 39 A2_CcnA2 336 G T 82843 11 0.01% 6.97E−15 39 36 A2_CcnA2 337 G T 85012 9 0.01% 5.89E−17 39 38 A2_CcnA2 349 C T 87688 10 0.01% 8.79E−17 39 38 A2_CcnA2 370 C T 88558 13 0.01% 3.70E−15 40 40 A2_CcnA2 415 G T 90446 10 0.01% 1.51E−17 40 39 A2_CcnA2 433 A G 90639 12 0.01% 3.01E−16 40 40 B1_CncB1 432 A G 79444 40 0.05% 2.22E−04 40 39 B1_CncB1 447 C T 81188 43 0.05% 4.08E−04 40 40 B1_CncB1 24 C T 84948 36 0.04% 6.90E−06 40 40 B1_CncB1 28 C T 84486 33 0.04% 1.33E−06 40 40 B1_CncB1 47 C T 84485 32 0.04% 7.35E−07 40 39 B1_CncB1 88 C T 83388 30 0.04% 3.13E−07 40 39 B1_CncB1 94 A G 78861 28 0.04% 6.21E−07 39 39 B1_CncB1 119 C G 80850 30 0.04% 1.00E−06 40 38 B1_CncB1 41 A C 83508 27 0.03% 4.12E−08 40 38 B1_CncB1 66 C T 82667 23 0.03% 2.95E−09 40 39 B1_CncB1 67 A G 83839 24 0.03% 4.24E−09 40 37 B1_CncB1 70 G T 82500 22 0.03% 1.27E−09 40 39 B1_CncB1 126 A G 82728 28 0.03% 1.25E−07 39 37 B1_CncB1 135 C T 70379 24 0.03% 1.09E−06 39 40 B1_CncB1 142 C T 71170 21 0.03% 8.01E−08 39 39 B1_CncB1 145 C T 63547 18 0.03% 2.58E−07 38 40 B1_CncB1 337 A G 69550 20 0.03% 8.81E−08 39 39 B1_CncB1 340 C T 73202 25 0.03% 6.35E−07 39 39 B1_CncB1 357 A C 74947 19 0.03% 3.82E−09 39 36 B1_CncB1 379 A C 80948 27 0.03% 1.43E−07 40 37 B1_CncB1 383 G C 79926 20 0.03% 8.87E−10 40 36 B1_CncB1 395 G T 80360 21 0.03% 1.35E−09 40 39 B1_CncB1 420 C T 81549 21 0.03% 8.46E−10 40 40 B1_CncB1 9 G T 85406 18 0.02% 6.73E−12 40 39 B1_CncB1 18 G T 84890 17 0.02% 3.87E−12 40 41 B1_CncB1 34 C T 85244 19 0.02% 1.87E−11 40 39 B1_CncB1 49 C T 83852 14 0.02% 2.08E−13 40 39 B1_CncB1 68 A G 82143 18 0.02% 3.04E−11 40 39 B1_CncB1 114 A G 78805 17 0.02% 8.11E−11 39 39 B1_CncB1 131 G T 75479 15 0.02% 4.53E−11 39 38 B1_CncB1 141 C T 74626 14 0.02% 2.51E−11 39 40 B1_CncB1 350 G T 77600 13 0.02% 1.57E−12 39 34 B1_CncB1 371 C A 79271 18 0.02% 1.34E−10 40 40 B1_CncB1 394 G A 80467 14 0.02% 1.05E−12 40 40 B1_CncB1 402 A G 76885 16 0.02% 7.91E−11 39 38 B1_CncB1 404 G A 81357 15 0.02% 1.99E−12 40 40 B1_CncB1 406 A G 81527 17 0.02% 1.79E−11 40 36 B1_CncB1 452 C T 81776 20 0.02% 3.43E−10 40 40 B1_CncB1 13 G T 85242 10 0.01% 2.83E−16 40 41 B1_CncB1 95 A G 81199 12 0.01% 4.84E−14 40 40 B1_CncB1 101 G T 82160 12 0.01% 2.77E−14 39 38 B1_CncB1 143 A C 66325 7 0.01% 1.90E−13 38 34 B1_CncB1 342 G T 73133 9 0.01% 6.79E−14 39 33 B1_CncB1 443 A G 82265 11 0.01% 6.97E−15 40 38 D1_CncD1 271 G T 71690 34 0.05% 1.94E−04 37 37 D1_CncD1 280 G T 79973 40 0.05% 1.64E−04 39 37 D1_CncD1 51 C T 102462 36 0.04% 8.36E−09 40 40 D1_CncD1 364 C T 96421 38 0.04% 2.84E−07 40 40 D1_CncD1 43 C T 101861 35 0.03% 6.43E−09 40 40 D1_CncD1 73 G T 99432 33 0.03% 3.71E−09 39 39 D1_CncD1 118 C T 94805 30 0.03% 3.52E−09 39 39 D1_CncD1 123 C T 91961 23 0.03% 4.59E−11 39 39 D1_CncD1 127 C T 90095 25 0.03% 4.14E−10 39 38 D1_CncD1 290 G C 87104 25 0.03% 1.59E−09 39 37 D1_CncD1 293 G T 88203 28 0.03% 1.03E−08 39 37 D1_CncD1 297 C T 86440 27 0.03% 1.16E−08 39 39 D1_CncD1 299 C T 86813 29 0.03% 4.83E−08 39 39 D1_CncD1 319 C T 89888 28 0.03% 6.76E−09 39 40 D1_CncD1 322 A C 97030 29 0.03% 4.57E−10 40 36 D1_CncD1 326 A C 96727 27 0.03% 1.44E−10 40 37 D1_CncD1 383 C T 96127 29 0.03% 7.06E−10 40 40 D1_CncD1 394 A G 99539 28 0.03% 8.48E−11 40 40 D1_CncD1 8 G T 104215 24 0.02% 2.25E−13 40 40 D1_CncD1 37 C T 100778 17 0.02% 8.49E−16 40 40 D1_CncD1 50 G T 102712 18 0.02% 9.71E−16 40 40 D1_CncD1 55 C T 101456 17 0.02% 4.95E−16 40 40 D1_CncD1 67 G C 100393 24 0.02% 1.57E−12 40 39 D1_CncD1 78 C T 99997 17 0.02% 8.49E−16 40 40 D1_CncD1 90 C T 98813 22 0.02% 5.99E−13 40 37 D1_CncD1 96 A G 80689 15 0.02% 3.36E−12 37 39 D1_CncD1 119 G T 99936 15 0.02% 1.16E−16 40 38 D1_CncD1 122 C T 95514 15 0.02% 1.05E−15 39 38 D1_CncD1 129 A G 85569 18 0.02% 6.73E−12 38 37 D1_CncD1 132 A G 83247 13 0.02% 5.92E−14 38 36 D1_CncD1 135 A G 83172 13 0.02% 5.92E−14 38 39 D1_CncD1 138 A G 82337 16 0.02% 3.64E−12 38 36 D1_CncD1 144 G A 88195 16 0.02% 1.57E−13 37 38 D1_CncD1 277 A C 76058 19 0.02% 1.48E−09 38 38 D1_CncD1 278 A C 78683 17 0.02% 8.11E−11 38 39 D1_CncD1 281 G T 84406 21 0.02% 2.05E−10 39 36 D1_CncD1 286 C T 83808 19 0.02% 5.02E−11 39 38 D1_CncD1 300 A G 83414 18 0.02% 1.84E−11 39 37 D1_CncD1 302 C T 88452 18 0.02% 1.47E−12 39 40 D1_CncD1 305 A G 90256 16 0.02% 5.42E−14 39 35 D1_CncD1 335 A G 97803 18 0.02% 1.37E−14 40 39 D1_CncD1 349 A G 97138 23 0.02% 2.60E−12 40 37 D1_CncD1 369 G A 97574 24 0.02% 6.63E−12 40 39 D1_CncD1 382 C T 96054 21 0.02% 5.91E−13 40 40 D1_CncD1 410 C A 99960 22 0.02% 3.65E−13 40 40 D1_CncD1 1 G T 103335 12 0.01% 1.64E−19 40 40 D1_CncD1 53 A G 100474 11 0.01% 2.00E−19 40 39 D1_CncD1 65 A G 99254 12 0.01% 1.69E−18 40 41 D1_CncD1 68 C T 99275 11 0.01% 3.61E−19 40 38 D1_CncD1 76 G T 101352 11 0.01% 1.11E−19 40 40 D1_CncD1 79 C T 98596 13 0.01% 1.31E−17 40 39 D1_CncD1 85 G T 101912 12 0.01% 5.28E−19 40 39 D1_CncD1 94 G C 99809 13 0.01% 7.37E−18 39 35 D1_CncD1 97 G C 99232 11 0.01% 3.61E−19 39 37 D1_CncD1 112 A G 90289 10 0.01% 1.51E−17 39 35 D1_CncD1 137 A G 84620 12 0.01% 9.02E−15 37 37 D1_CncD1 145 C G 57797 8 0.01% 1.57E−10 36 38 D1_CncD1 279 G T 81488 12 0.01% 4.84E−14 39 38 D1_CncD1 284 A C 87948 13 0.01% 6.46E−15 39 39 D1_CncD1 317 C T 92965 12 0.01% 9.60E−17 39 39 D1_CncD1 345 C T 93633 14 0.01% 8.64E−16 39 40 D1_CncD1 360 A G 97817 14 0.01% 9.26E−17 40 41 D1_CncD1 363 G T 97240 12 0.01% 5.39E−18 40 40 D1_CncD1 370 A G 97303 13 0.01% 2.31E−17 40 40 D1_CncD1 376 A G 99085 11 0.01% 3.61E−19 40 38 D1_CncD1 405 C A 98087 11 0.01% 6.52E−19 40 41 E1_CncE1 24 C T 75199 134 0.18% 2.68E−05 40 40 E1_CncE1 134 A C 52012 25 0.05% 1.39E−03 38 33 E1_CncE1 350 A T 34821 13 0.04% 1.54E−03 36 36 E1_CncE1 378 G C 54175 20 0.04% 4.78E−05 39 37 E1_CncE1 434 A G 56421 22 0.04% 7.44E−05 40 38 E1_CncE1 440 C T 56255 25 0.04% 3.74E−04 40 40 E1_CncE1 9 G T 75276 22 0.03% 3.01E−08 40 40 E1_CncE1 12 G T 74531 21 0.03% 2.11E−08 40 40 E1_CncE1 105 C G 72520 24 0.03% 4.81E−07 40 37 E1_CncE1 122 C G 69105 22 0.03% 4.06E−07 39 40 E1_CncE1 123 C A 70585 23 0.03% 5.47E−07 39 41 E1_CncE1 126 A G 63147 16 0.03% 4.68E−08 39 38 E1_CncE1 130 C A 70797 23 0.03% 5.47E−07 40 40 E1_CncE1 356 A C 46718 14 0.03% 2.10E−05 38 37 E1_CncE1 408 A C 54732 15 0.03% 1.30E−06 40 37 E1_CncE1 1 C T 74699 12 0.02% 2.32E−12 40 40 E1_CncE1 3 G T 75076 17 0.02% 3.61E−10 40 40 E1_CncE1 67 C G 72581 12 0.02% 6.88E−12 40 38 E1_CncE1 90 C G 73303 12 0.02% 3.99E−12 40 37 E1_CncE1 94 A C 71205 13 0.02% 3.89E−11 39 35 E1_CncE1 145 A G 39007 6 0.02% 2.69E−07 36 37 E1_CncE1 334 A G 24115 5 0.02% 2.72E−04 36 37 E1_CncE1 335 A C 28469 7 0.02% 2.53E−04 36 33 E1_CncE1 345 A G 43889 7 0.02% 1.04E−07 37 35 E1_CncE1 375 G C 54167 11 0.02% 2.99E−08 39 39 E1_CncE1 456 A T 36909 6 0.02% 1.41E−06 37 32 E1_CncE1 473 A G 56398 11 0.02% 1.06E−08 39 39 E1_CncE1 4 A G 75051 8 0.01% 4.48E−15 40 39 E1_CncE1 6 G T 75312 9 0.01% 2.12E−14 40 40 E1_CncE1 41 C G 73764 11 0.01% 1.11E−12 40 34 E1_CncE1 68 A G 72284 8 0.01% 2.65E−14 40 37 E1_CncE1 119 G C 68359 9 0.01% 1.21E−12 39 37 E1_CncE1 142 G A 63637 7 0.01% 1.12E−12 39 39 E1_CncE1 331 G T 40838 5 0.01% 3.91E−08 37 37 E1_CncE1 336 G C 44480 5 0.01% 3.77E−09 38 35 E1_CncE1 348 G T 44690 5 0.01% 3.77E−09 37 35 E1_CncE1 359 G T 54708 6 0.01% 4.81E−11 39 35 E1_CncE1 370 A C 53860 8 0.01% 1.48E−09 39 37 E1_CncE1 393 C T 52850 6 0.01% 1.56E−10 39 41 E1_CncE1 428 C T 55157 7 0.01% 1.20E−10 39 41 eGFP 96 G T 85709 832 0.96% 4.32E−155 39 40 eGFP 91 G C 84681 800 0.94% 1.64E−147 39 40 eGFP 136 A G 55222 167 0.30% 1.22E−14 37 39 eGFP 141 A G 51064 145 0.28% 5.92E−12 36 38 eGFP 139 A G 28797 71 0.25% 8.98E−06 34 35 eGFP 340 A G 62957 140 0.22% 3.30E−08 37 39 eGFP 145 A G 28555 58 0.20% 7.96E−04 35 37 eGFP 310 A G 57104 112 0.20% 1.39E−05 36 39 eGFP 338 A G 85244 167 0.20% 1.30E−07 38 39 eGFP 78 A G 82782 158 0.19% 5.20E−07 39 40 eGFP 103 A G 77038 149 0.19% 9.45E−07 38 39 eGFP 43 A G 83026 144 0.17% 3.07E−05 39 39 eGFP 48 A G 85730 142 0.17% 9.30E−05 39 40 eGFP 117 A G 74669 125 0.17% 1.82E−04 38 39 eGFP 142 A G 54321 95 0.17% 4.88E−04 37 38 eGFP 303 A G 70804 119 0.17% 2.23E−04 37 37 eGFP 345 A G 83694 142 0.17% 5.02E−05 38 39 eGFP 82 A G 78762 125 0.16% 5.91E−04 39 39 eGFP 88 A G 78716 123 0.16% 9.14E−04 39 39 eGFP 130 A G 61660 101 0.16% 1.04E−03 37 38 eGFP 396 A G 98088 158 0.16% 1.06E−04 40 40 eGFP 93 A G 78202 114 0.15% 5.65E−03 39 40 eGFP 106 A G 74063 110 0.15% 4.82E−03 38 39 eGFP 349 A G 87266 134 0.15% 9.47E−04 39 39 eGFP 102 A G 81147 117 0.14% 6.31E−03 39 39 eGFP 363 A G 91042 131 0.14% 4.33E−03 39 39 eGFP 15 G T 89627 46 0.05% 1.34E−04 40 39 eGFP 60 G A 86322 42 0.05% 6.23E−05 40 40 eGFP 72 A G 82455 38 0.05% 3.62E−05 39 39 eGFP 115 A G 69358 34 0.05% 3.62E−04 38 38 eGFP 286 C A 81831 38 0.05% 5.00E−05 39 38 eGFP 318 A C 64101 31 0.05% 4.60E−04 37 34 eGFP 413 C A 98673 51 0.05% 7.27E−05 40 39 eGFP 422 C A 100363 46 0.05% 4.58E−06 40 40 eGFP 86 G A 86705 36 0.04% 3.43E−06 40 38 eGFP 127 A G 67966 27 0.04% 2.24E−05 38 38 eGFP 296 G C 86886 35 0.04% 1.99E−06 39 38 eGFP 300 G C 83523 31 0.04% 5.85E−07 38 37 eGFP 323 G C 87040 32 0.04% 2.33E−07 38 37 eGFP 344 C T 93502 34 0.04% 7.95E−08 39 39 eGFP 417 C A 100215 44 0.04% 1.73E−06 40 40 eGFP 14 G T 89986 24 0.03% 1.77E−10 40 39 eGFP 21 G A 88106 26 0.03% 2.27E−09 40 40 eGFP 33 A G 88249 26 0.03% 2.27E−09 40 39 eGFP 42 G A 88155 23 0.03% 1.88E−10 40 39 eGFP 64 C T 87983 28 0.03% 1.03E−08 40 38 eGFP 74 C T 88250 23 0.03% 1.88E−10 40 38 eGFP 90 G A 87018 28 0.03% 1.58E−08 39 39 eGFP 109 A C 61886 16 0.03% 1.20E−07 38 33 eGFP 119 C G 81707 26 0.03% 4.64E−08 38 36 eGFP 284 C G 84034 26 0.03% 1.29E−08 39 39 eGFP 285 C A 82435 24 0.03% 6.62E−09 39 38 eGFP 287 C T 86443 30 0.03% 9.50E−08 39 38 eGFP 293 G C 81938 21 0.03% 8.46E−10 39 36 eGFP 294 C A 81796 22 0.03% 2.01E−09 38 36 eGFP 297 C G 90020 23 0.03% 7.35E−11 39 38 eGFP 301 A C 77139 21 0.03% 5.39E−09 37 39 eGFP 334 G C 96225 29 0.03% 7.06E−10 40 37 eGFP 335 C T 95248 28 0.03% 5.02E−10 39 39 eGFP 339 G A 85990 25 0.03% 2.49E−09 38 35 eGFP 356 C T 94823 26 0.03% 1.55E−10 39 39 eGFP 371 G A 96765 27 0.03% 1.44E−10 40 39 eGFP 389 C T 96773 26 0.03% 6.23E−11 40 40 eGFP 393 G A 97756 28 0.03% 2.07E−10 40 40 eGFP 398 C T 95496 25 0.03% 4.17E−11 40 40 eGFP 408 A G 100235 30 0.03% 2.68E−10 40 40 eGFP 18 G T 88492 15 0.02% 4.76E−14 40 39 eGFP 22 G A 86906 18 0.02% 4.06E−12 40 40 eGFP 29 C T 90080 20 0.02% 4.26E−12 40 40 eGFP 32 G A 87836 18 0.02% 2.44E−12 40 40 eGFP 36 C T 88590 21 0.02% 3.02E−11 40 40 eGFP 37 G A 87453 16 0.02% 2.66E−13 40 39 eGFP 39 G A 87822 15 0.02% 8.15E−14 40 39 eGFP 40 C A 87195 18 0.02% 2.44E−12 40 40 eGFP 41 C G 87208 15 0.02% 8.15E−14 40 37 eGFP 50 G A 87987 18 0.02% 1.47E−12 40 40 eGFP 53 C T 88034 14 0.02% 1.37E−14 40 40 eGFP 68 G A 86270 14 0.02% 4.08E−14 40 37 eGFP 101 C T 86344 21 0.02% 7.91E−11 39 39 eGFP 105 G A 86250 17 0.02% 1.38E−12 39 38 eGFP 111 G A 85573 21 0.02% 1.28E−10 39 39 eGFP 112 G A 83671 19 0.02% 5.02E−11 39 38 eGFP 131 G A 77740 13 0.02% 1.57E−12 38 38 eGFP 134 G A 79559 12 0.02% 1.47E−13 38 36 eGFP 135 G A 79427 17 0.02% 4.91E−11 39 37 eGFP 137 G C 77014 14 0.02% 5.17E−12 38 40 eGFP 140 C G 61195 12 0.02% 2.38E−09 36 36 eGFP 288 G C 80085 13 0.02% 3.07E−13 38 36 eGFP 298 C G 89668 21 0.02% 1.86E−11 39 40 eGFP 307 A C 61860 12 0.02% 2.38E−09 36 33 eGFP 312 C T 86695 17 0.02% 1.38E−12 38 36 eGFP 316 G A 87500 20 0.02% 1.87E−11 39 35 eGFP 326 C T 95539 23 0.02% 6.81E−12 40 38 eGFP 355 G A 95076 19 0.02% 1.19E−13 39 39 eGFP 368 C T 94433 19 0.02% 1.99E−13 40 39 eGFP 369 C G 95506 17 0.02% 1.23E−14 40 39 eGFP 385 C T 95939 20 0.02% 3.47E−13 40 40 eGFP 387 G A 97629 17 0.02% 4.25E−15 40 40 eGFP 402 C T 96588 19 0.02% 7.12E−14 40 40 eGFP 425 G T 101085 16 0.02% 1.41E−16 40 40 eGFP 1 C T 89553 9 0.01% 5.41E−18 40 41 eGFP 38 C T 88929 9 0.01% 9.85E−18 40 41 eGFP 59 C T 87626 10 0.01% 8.79E−17 40 37 eGFP 66 C T 88484 13 0.01% 3.70E−15 40 39 eGFP 77 C A 88980 9 0.01% 9.85E−18 40 39 eGFP 80 C T 85795 11 0.01% 1.25E−15 39 39 eGFP 81 G A 86862 12 0.01% 2.92E−15 40 39 eGFP 84 C A 87643 12 0.01% 1.66E−15 40 36 eGFP 108 G A 84419 12 0.01% 9.02E−15 39 38 eGFP 124 G A 82588 10 0.01% 1.63E−15 39 37 eGFP 126 C G 82801 12 0.01% 2.77E−14 39 39 eGFP 128 C A 80699 11 0.01% 2.17E−14 39 37 eGFP 129 A C 71170 9 0.01% 2.16E−13 38 40 eGFP 283 G C 46656 5 0.01% 1.15E−09 37 35 eGFP 291 C A 84101 9 0.01% 1.07E−16 38 35 eGFP 302 C T 88874 13 0.01% 3.70E−15 38 35 eGFP 306 C T 88046 11 0.01% 2.23E−16 38 38 eGFP 311 C A 91164 10 0.01% 8.34E−18 39 34 eGFP 314 G A 83255 10 0.01% 9.10E−16 38 37 eGFP 320 C A 93762 11 0.01% 1.22E−17 39 39 eGFP 321 C T 91383 13 0.01% 6.89E−16 39 40 eGFP 332 G A 93738 13 0.01% 2.23E−16 39 40 eGFP 341 C T 96704 11 0.01% 2.11E−18 40 38 eGFP 347 C T 97040 11 0.01% 1.17E−18 39 39 eGFP 348 G A 94231 11 0.01% 6.81E−18 39 39 eGFP 350 G A 92219 13 0.01% 3.93E−16 39 39 eGFP 353 G A 95058 14 0.01% 2.84E−16 40 39 eGFP 360 C T 94427 12 0.01% 3.04E−17 40 38 eGFP 362 C G 96062 14 0.01% 1.62E−16 39 40 eGFP 365 G A 95969 14 0.01% 2.84E−16 40 39 eGFP 372 C T 95730 14 0.01% 2.84E−16 40 41 eGFP 375 G A 97913 14 0.01% 9.26E−17 40 40 eGFP 377 G A 98890 14 0.01% 5.28E−17 40 39 eGFP 380 C T 95817 12 0.01% 1.71E−17 40 38 eGFP 386 C T 96470 10 0.01% 4.29E−19 40 40 eGFP 394 G A 98265 10 0.01% 1.30E−19 40 40 eGFP 395 G A 98335 11 0.01% 6.52E−19 40 41 eGFP 407 C T 97381 11 0.01% 1.17E−18 40 41 p21_Cdkn1A 31 A G 97394 256 0.26% 5.33E−18 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 438 C T 102154 255 0.25% 1.42E−16 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 85 C T 95772 231 0.24% 2.64E−14 40 39 p21_Cdkn1A 50 C T 95539 201 0.21% 3.35E−10 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 357 C T 97973 200 0.20% 1.69E−09 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 123 C T 89610 168 0.19% 4.65E−07 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 422 C T 100156 175 0.17% 3.53E−06 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 41 G C 96478 48 0.05% 3.88E−05 40 37 p21_Cdkn1A 105 C G 96107 46 0.05% 1.64E−05 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 119 A C 72294 36 0.05% 3.41E−04 38 35 p21_Cdkn1A 448 C T 100688 49 0.05% 1.77E−05 40 40 p21_Cdkn1A 67 A G 95023 34 0.04% 3.63E−08 40 36 p21_Cdkn1A 97 C G 95095 35 0.04% 6.86E−08 40 37 p21_Cdkn1A 345 A G 80912 31 0.04% 1.83E−06 38 34 p21_Cdkn1A 135 A C 65390 17 0.03% 4.44E−08 37 33 p21_Cdkn1A 370 G C 97118 28 0.03% 2.07E−10 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 116 C G 93794 23 0.02% 1.78E−11 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 124 A C 76053 18 0.02% 5.84E−10 38 33 p21_Cdkn1A 138 A C 69895 16 0.02% 2.59E−09 37 34 p21_Cdkn1A 141 A C 65589 15 0.02% 6.99E−09 38 33 p21_Cdkn1A 142 G T 75346 14 0.02% 1.49E−11 38 39 p21_Cdkn1A 339 G T 91653 16 0.02% 3.18E−14 39 36 p21_Cdkn1A 341 C G 93773 19 0.02% 3.33E−13 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 8 G T 99272 10 0.01% 7.15E−20 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 68 C G 97390 10 0.01% 2.36E−19 40 37 p21_Cdkn1A 143 C A 82605 9 0.01% 3.49E−16 38 37 p21_Cdkn1A 333 A C 72148 10 0.01% 5.05E−13 37 37 p21_Cdkn1A 335 A T 70892 10 0.01% 1.56E−12 37 38 p21_Cdkn1A 343 G C 89035 9 0.01% 5.41E−18 39 38 p21_Cdkn1A 346 C G 96393 12 0.01% 9.61E−18 39 40 p21_Cdkn1A 348 G C 92357 10 0.01% 4.62E−18 39 39 p21_Cdkn1A 359 G C 93955 11 0.01% 1.22E−17 39 37 p21_Cdkn1A 381 C T 100475 14 0.01% 1.71E−17 40 38 PCNA 373 G C 109556 61 0.06% 1.43E−04 40 39 PCNA 411 C T 110084 61 0.06% 1.10E−04 40 39 PCNA 137 C T 100626 50 0.05% 2.71E−05 39 38 PCNA 139 C T 101419 47 0.05% 5.30E−06 39 40 PCNA 143 C T 100920 48 0.05% 1.14E−05 39 38 PCNA 339 C T 97737 53 0.05% 2.04E−04 38 38 PCNA 21 C T 115277 47 0.04% 4.57E−08 40 40 PCNA 41 A C 112162 47 0.04% 1.32E−07 40 38 PCNA 77 C T 115823 48 0.04% 7.87E−08 40 39 PCNA 105 C G 109796 44 0.04% 7.46E−08 40 36 PCNA 130 C T 107955 42 0.04% 4.96E−08 39 39 PCNA 328 C T 90965 34 0.04% 2.52E−07 38 37 PCNA 345 C T 98875 40 0.04% 4.23E−07 38 37 PCNA 59 C T 116042 36 0.03% 2.58E−11 40 39 PCNA 62 C T 116566 30 0.03% 1.93E−13 40 40 PCNA 68 A G 114358 29 0.03% 2.01E−13 40 39 PCNA 97 A G 113234 34 0.03% 2.05E−11 40 36 PCNA 120 C T 109094 35 0.03% 2.40E−10 39 40 PCNA 125 A G 105947 27 0.03% 2.30E−12 39 39 PCNA 355 A G 102093 29 0.03% 5.00E−11 39 39 PCNA 362 A C 101722 34 0.03% 3.26E−09 39 38 PCNA 375 C T 107919 33 0.03% 1.28E−10 40 39 PCNA 400 G C 112166 30 0.03% 1.23E−12 40 36 PCNA 436 C T 110720 33 0.03% 3.50E−11 40 40 PCNA 441 C T 109271 35 0.03% 2.40E−10 40 40 PCNA 443 C T 109264 28 0.03% 8.60E−13 40 40 PCNA 35 A G 116979 21 0.02% 1.16E−17 40 40 PCNA 53 G T 116368 21 0.02% 1.98E−17 40 40 PCNA 66 G A 114962 18 0.02% 1.46E−18 40 38 PCNA 67 A G 113964 28 0.02% 1.30E−13 40 35 PCNA 72 C T 113051 23 0.02% 8.93E−16 40 39 PCNA 94 A G 106637 26 0.02% 5.76E−13 39 36 PCNA 108 C T 108311 23 0.02% 1.13E−14 39 39 PCNA 122 C T 109485 18 0.02% 2.24E−17 39 38 PCNA 131 C T 102490 21 0.02% 2.86E−14 39 39 PCNA 142 C T 105275 25 0.02% 3.63E−13 39 38 PCNA 337 A G 78107 14 0.02% 3.04E−12 37 38 PCNA 340 C T 90538 16 0.02% 5.42E−14 37 38 PCNA 342 C T 98872 23 0.02% 1.60E−12 39 39 PCNA 344 C T 98799 16 0.02% 7.26E−16 39 38 PCNA 346 A C 76137 17 0.02% 2.20E−10 37 34 PCNA 357 C T 106241 22 0.02% 1.09E−14 40 38 PCNA 363 C T 104980 20 0.02% 2.03E−15 39 38 PCNA 367 C T 107577 19 0.02% 2.22E−16 40 39 PCNA 377 G C 110677 25 0.02% 3.17E−14 40 38 PCNA 422 C T 108127 23 0.02% 1.13E−14 40 41 PCNA 433 C T 111563 23 0.02% 2.48E−15 40 40 PCNA 445 C T 111456 22 0.02% 8.40E−16 40 40 PCNA 25 C T 116978 14 0.01% 1.78E−21 40 40 PCNA 43 G T 115832 16 0.01% 5.77E−20 40 40 PCNA 71 C T 113523 15 0.01% 4.37E−20 39 40 PCNA 85 C T 112049 15 0.01% 7.73E−20 39 40 PCNA 87 G T 114545 17 0.01% 3.95E−19 40 40 PCNA 90 G T 113094 12 0.01% 4.52E−22 40 39 PCNA 100 G T 113583 14 0.01% 1.01E−20 40 39 PCNA 129 G T 108967 12 0.01% 8.72E−21 39 39 PCNA 324 A G 67041 9 0.01% 2.14E−12 37 35 PCNA 335 A G 94858 12 0.01% 3.05E−17 38 37 PCNA 336 A G 87500 13 0.01% 6.46E−15 38 38 PCNA 379 A T 110012 12 0.01% 2.68E−21 40 40 PCNA 389 C T 109930 13 0.01% 2.29E−20 40 40 PCNA 424 C T 111523 12 0.01% 1.48E−21 40 40 PCNA 430 A G 109255 13 0.01% 2.29E−20 40 39

FIG. 21B shows the results of the TUC-seq gene expression analyses for eGFP and the endogenous, and stably expressed gene, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). In eGFP, multiple U positions were mutated to C, and these had median mutation frequencies of 0.42% (50 μM 4sU) and 0.48% (100 μM 4sU) in the OsO₄-converted samples (FIG. 21B). By contrast, in PCNA amplicons, U-to-C conversion rates were considerably lower with median values of 0.06% for both labeling conditions (FIG. 21B). In control experiments, unlabeled, and labeled but not OsO₄-treated samples showed median mutation frequencies of 0.02% for eGFP and PCNA. Only the eGFP amplicon derived from labeled but not OsO₄-treated RNA exhibited a slightly higher median mutation frequency of 0.17% . Statistical analysis confirmed that both the number of converted Us and the mutation frequencies were significantly lower in unlabeled than in the labeled samples (Chi-square test,)p<10⁻¹⁰. Likewise, numbers of affected nucleotides and mutation frequencies of A, C and G to N were low regardless of the conditions used and significantly different from U-to-C mutation frequencies in the labeled samples (Chi-square test, p<10⁻¹⁰, FIG. 21B), indicating that overall mutation rates are low and that elevated U-to-C occurrence is caused by OsO₄-mediated conversion of U to C in 4sU-labeled transcripts. The increased 4sU levels detected by osmium conversion therefore suggest enhanced transcription of eGFP compared to PCNA.

Next, transcription of five cell cycle related genes, cyclins A2, B1, D1, E1 (CcnA2, CcnB1, CcnD1, CcnE1) and p21/Cdkn1A, were examined in 4sU-pulse labeled and unlabeled cells (FIG. 22). These experiments indicated clear differences in new transcription between the different cyclins: median U-to-C conversion frequencies in labeled (50 mM 4sU) and OsO₄-treated samples were highest for CcnE1 (0.43%), followed by p21/Cdnk1A (0.38%), CcnB1 (0.34%), CcnD1 (0.19%) and CcnA2 (0.10%) (FIG. 22). Of note, conversion frequencies were similar for both 4sU concentrations used for labeling and significantly higher than in the corresponding control samples (Chi-Square test, p<10⁻¹⁰; FIG. 22).

To obtain a more direct estimate of the relative contribution of new transcription to the existing pool of transcripts, the fraction of sequencing reads bearing at least one U-to-C conversion relative to the pool of unlabeled transcripts was calculated for the sample labeled with 50 μM 4sU and treated with OsO₄/NH₄Cl. The values were corrected for background U-to-C mutation rates using the reads from the unlabeled sample. This analysis revealed that for PCNA, new transcripts amounted to 1.6% of all sequences, while new eGFP transcripts represented 5.0% of eGFP sequences (FIG. 21C; Table 10). The relatively weak contribution of newly synthesized eGFP transcripts to the total pool of eGFP transcripts was unexpected considering that transgenic eGFP transcription in the cell is supposed to be suppressed until induction by Dox. Reverse-transcription real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) of non-induced and induced cells, however, confirmed a considerable pool of eGFP transcripts even in the absence of Dox indicating that the promoter is quite leaky (FIG. 23). This result together with the short labeling time of nascent eGFP transcripts (30 minutes after Dox addition), explains why labeled transcripts are not the major species in the eGFP pool.

TABLE 10 Amplicon fragments with >1 U-to-C conversion Mean number of Amplicon Total Thio converted Unconverted THIO converted UtoC conversion Name Treatment Fragments Fragments Fragments fragment Frequency (%) OnFragments B1_CcnB1 no4sU 215940 736 214855 0.340835417 2.830825272 A2_CcnA2 no4sU 220357 564 219500 0.255948302 3.405112411 D1_CcnD1 no4sU 289095 881 287644 0.304744115 3.027810443 PCNA no4sU 229185 990 227825 0.31965443 4,271,097576 p21_Cdkn1A no4sU 175983 785 174907 0.446065813 3.721246624 E1_CcnE1 no4sU 96678 454 96104 0.469600116 5.854195815 eGFP no4sU 93351 351 92556 0.376000257 8.346547578 B1_CcnB1 50 uM 4sU + 211665 18505 192810 8.742588524 3.623885777 OSO₄ A2_CcnA2 50 uM 4sU + 194258 4561 189404 2.347908452 3.633974874 OSO₄ D1_CcnD1 50 uM 4sU + 251328 11689 239141 4.650894449 3406370425 OSO₄ PCNA 50 uM 4sU + 207780 5206 202.256 2.5055347 3.83345267 OSO₄ p21_Cdkn1A 50 uM 4sU + 153478 5706 147501 3.717796687 3.945026954 OSO₄ E1_CcnE1 50 uM 4sU + 79639 6990 72.531 8.777106694 4.576882031 OSO₄ eGFP 50 uM 4sU + 52244 2646 49420 5.064696424 6.468369539 OSO₄ B1_CcnB1 100 uM 4sU + 171437 11475 159.736 6.693420907 4.518613917 OsO₄ A2_CcnA2 100 uM 4sU + 193641 3481 189898 1.797656488 4.146518299 OsO₄ D1_CcnD1 100 uM 4sU + 206576 14210 191,954 6.878824258 4.373755222 OsO₄ PCNA 100 uM 4sU + 234785 4858 229564 2.069127074 4.441642528 OsO₄ p21_Cdkn1A 100 uM 4sU + 206044 7973 197,727 3.869561841 3756333011 OsO₄ E1_CcnE1 100 uM 4sU + 135362 8615 126581 6.364415419 5.26085213 OsO₄ eGFP 100 uM 4sU + 195972 11508 183,950 5.872267467 7.117189077 OsO₄

The same analysis was applied to the endogenous cell cycle-related transcripts showing strongest transcription for CcnB1 and CcnE1 with 6.2% new transcripts, while CcnD1, p21/Cdkn1A and CcnA2 appeared to be more weakly transcribed with 4.9%, 3.6% and 1.6% new transcripts, respectively (FIG. 21C, Table 10). This conclusion is based on the assumption that the contribution of RNA decay within the labeling period is negligible. Cyclin mRNA half-life has been estimated to range from 2 to 4.5 h in mouse fibroblast cells (Penelova et al., 2005). Therefore, mRNA decay likely plays a minor role in the 1 h labeling period examined here.

Taken together, these experiments demonstrate that OsO₄/NH₄Cl mediated conversion of thiolated uridines allows for direct sequencing-based analysis of metabolically labeled or naturally modified RNA. The high selectivity and specificity of the osmium reaction, combined with nearly quantitative yields, make TUC-seq a promising new method to study the cellular dynamics of various types of RNA. The method provides even more advantages than current methods given the very low number of processing steps. It is important to note that the OsO₄/NH₄Cl mediated 4sU-to-C conversion is a clean and mild reaction that otherwise leaves the RNA intact; it does not result in unwanted modification of canonical nucleobases nor in unwanted (e.g. hydrolyzed or alkylated) 4sU byproducts. Therefore, interference with any downstream processing steps, such as reverse transcription, that might cause biased results can be excluded. For the examples shown here, PCR-based sequencing methods were used, but clearly this approach is amenable for direct RNA-seq methods, and it is expected that RNA-seq of OsO₄-treated samples (TUC-seq) will find a broad field of applications. TUC-seq enables the simultaneous and accurate quantification of labeled and unlabeled RNA. Together with properly designed pulse and pulse-chase labeling conditions, it will greatly facilitate transcriptome-wide analyses of RNA synthesis and decay rates or of RNA processing events. Moreover, the method will be highly useful for the identification of novel sites of endogenous 4sU incorporation in the RNA of any organism.

Example 4 Conversion of 4-thiothymidine to 2′-deoxy-5-methylcytidine

Beyond the incorporation of 4-thiouridine in RNA, other thiolated nucleotides may be used for metabolic labeling of nucleic acids. Another thiolated nucleotide which may be used for metabolic labeling of nucleic acids is 4-thiothymidine (4sT). Nucleic acids in which 4-thiothymidine has been incorporated can be treated as above. OsO₄ treatment will transform the 4sT to 2′-deoxy-5-methylcytidine (m⁵C (FIG. 24A). As proof of concept, a 13 bp oligo having an internal 4sT (SEQ ID NO: 23) was treated with OsO₄ and NH₄Cl. This reaction transformed the 4sT to m⁵C, thereby completing the conversion (SEQ ID NO: 24). This conversion was confirmed by anion-exchange chromatography and LC-ESI, as shown in FIG. 24. Incorporation and conversion of 4-thiothymidine and the subsequent detection of m⁵C indicates that the methods presented herein can be used to detect other thiolated nucleotides in nucleic acids, specifically in DNA.

Example 5 Conversion of 6-thioguanosine (6sG) to 6′-hydrazino-2-aminopurine-ribonucleoside (6h2AP) in RNA

Additional metabolic labeling techniques may find use in sequencing and assessing RNA dynamics. The availability of additional modified nucleosides which can be chemically converted into other nucleosides will enable double labeling strategies to more accurately distinguish between synthesis and decay rates in RNA. Another strategy for metabolic labeling includes pulse-labeling of cells with 6sG. 6sG can be oxidized by treatment with OsO₄/NH₄Cl as above, thereby generating 6oxG (FIG. 25). This 6oxG product may then be treated with hydrazine to convert 6oxG to 6′-hydrazino-2-aminopurine (6h2AP) (FIG. 25).

In order to test these reactions on synthesized RNA, 1 nmol of RNA containing 6sG was mixed with NH₄Cl buffer (2 μL, 2M, pH=8.88), and OsO₄ solution (10 μL, 1 mM) was added to give final concentrations of 0.45 mM (OsO₄ and 180 mM NH₄Cl in a volume of 22 μL. The mixture was incubated for 2 hours at 40° C., and then transferred to Vivaspin® 500 (MWCO 3000, PES) centrifugal concentrator columns (Sartorius, Gottingen, Germany) and washed twice with 400 μL of water. Following washing, the RNA was lyophilized and dissolved in water. This product, as well as its ion exchange trace and mass spectra, can be seen in the middle of FIG. 25. Hydrazine buffer (5 μL, 1.5 M, pH=8.98) was added to the RNA to give a final concentration of 375 mM hydrazine in a total volume of 20 μL. The solution was again incubated for 2 hours at 40° C. and purified. The product, as well as a representative ion exchange trace and mass spectra, can be seen at the bottom of FIG. 25.

Pulse labeling with two different thiolated nucleotides may be used to further understand the dynamics of nucleic acid synthesis and decay. One method includes pulse labeling with 6sG for 30-60 minutes. Following labeling, excess 6sG can be washed and 4sU may be added during the chase period. After the chase period, the RNA is extracted and subjected to OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment. This treatment converts 4sU to C, as above, and oxidizes 6sG, producing 6oxG (FIG. 25). The converted RNA harboring the 6oxG is then treated with hydrazine, as in FIG. 25, to convert the 6oxG groups to 6′-hydrazino-2-aminopurine (6h2AP) which will be read as adenosine during sequencing.

Sequencing of these converted RNAs will reveal four distinct groups of RNAs. The first group is the unlabeled RNA, which will have no conversions, characterizing the pool of preexisting RNA. The second group is RNA that was labeled by 6sG only, and thus resulted in G-to-A mutations, indicating that this RNA was synthesized during the pulse labeling period. The third group of RNAs are those that are synthesized during the chase labeling period and are characterized by both 6sG and 4sU labeling and will thus have G-to-A and U-to-C mutations. The fourth group is RNA which has been labeled by 4sU only, and thus comprises U-to-C mutations, and corresponds to RNA which was synthesized late during the chase period, when the 6sG from the prior labeling step has been completely incorporated. The group that contains only the G-to-A mutations may be used then to accurately determine RNA decay rates, since it can be unequivocally separated from RNA that is synthesized during the chase period.

The data provided herein illustrate methods and provide compositions for the metabolic labeling of nucleic acids and subsequent detection of these labeled nucleic acids. These methods are particularly advantageous as they allow for direct sequencing of nucleic acids, rather than requiring a separation or enrichment steps, thus saving time and preventing human error. These methods also allow for greatly improved determination of in vivo rates of synthesis and decay of nucleic acids.

Example 6 Comparison Between TUC-Seq and TimeLapse-Seq

The following studies were performed in order to evaluate the performances of TUC-Seq in comparison with TimeLapse-Seq. Both methods are based on similar chemistry (oxidative-nucleophilic-aromatic substitution of 4-thiouridine), however, the reagents and the end products of TUC-Seq and TimeLapse-Seq are different.

Specifically, in TUC-Seq the conversion of 4-thiouridine (4sU) is achieved by oxidation by OsO₄ in the presence of a nucleophilic agent (e.g. NH₃ added as NH₄Cl). This treatment results in the generation of bona fide cytidine (C). By contrast, The TimeLapse-Seq method converts 4sU into cytidine analogues by treating 4sU-labeled RNA with NaIO4, followed by a treatment with a nucleophilic agent (e.g. TFEA) and sodium acetate resulting in the generation of tri-fluorethylcytidine.

In the studies described below two different short RNA oligos (EN-RNA-63; 5′-G(4sU)CAUA-3′ and EN-RNA-64; 5′-GU(4sU)ACU-3′), each containing a single 4sU modification, were treated according to the TUC-Seq method and according to the TimeLapse-Seq method. The products of the two reactions were analyzed with anion exchange HPLC (AE-HPLC; using Dionex DNAPac PA-100 column (4 mm×250 mm) at 80° C.; injection: 200 pmol of crude RNA in 100 μL of H₂O; flow rate: 1 mL/min;; eluent A: 25 mM Tris·HCl (pH 8.0), 6 M urea; eluent B: Tris·HCl (25 mM) (pH 8.0), NaClO4 (0.5 M), urea (6 M); gradient: 0-60% B in A within 45 min and UV detection at 260 and 320 nm.) and ESI-MS and results were compared.

FIG. 26A and B clearly show that in both RNA oligos 4sU is efficiently converted into C after OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment. HPLC data show that a single clearly shifted peak is present in the chromatogram after OsO₄/NH₄Cl, indicating a complete conversion of 4sU to C. A decrease in the AE-HPLC retention time is observed when 4sU is converted into C. The ESI-MS data unequivocally confirm the expected molecular weight (of 1835.1 mass units) of the transformed oligo.

FIG. 26C and D show, in contrast, that in both RNA oligos 4sUs are only partially converted into other nucleotides after NaIO₄/TFEA/Na-acetate (NaOAc) treatment according to the TimeLapse protocol (Schofield et al., 2018, incorporated herein by reference). As reported in Schofield et al., 2018 HPLC data confirmed that 4sU is not completely converted during TimeLapse-Seq treatment since a peak corresponding to the 4sU-containing oligo is still visible in both, FIG. 26C and D, after the treatment. Moreover, at least 3 additional distinct peaks (corresponding to three distinct side products with unique elution times) are visible in the chromatogram. The presence of multiple reaction products is also visible in the ESI-MS data.

Example 7 OsO₄ Meditated Conversion of 4sU into C

The aim of the studies in this example was to define which step of the oxidative-nucleophilic-aromatic substitution reaction is most important for complete conversion of 4sU into C (analogues). Here, we changed the nucleophile molecule used in TUC-Seq, leaving the oxidant agent and the reaction conditions unchanged. FIG. 27 shows that when NH₄Cl is substituted with TFEA (600 mM) in TUC-Seq, the reaction results in a complete conversion of 4sU into tri-fluorethylcytidine. The complete conversion of 4sU into the C analogues by OsO₄ with TFEA as the nucleophile was quite surprising. These data indicate that NH₄Cl could be substituted with other nucleophiles in TUC-Seq without affecting the performances of the method. OsO₄ is a key oxidizing agent in the conversion of 4sU into C (FIG. 27).

Example 8 Analysis of RNA Integrity after TUC-Seq and TimeLapse-Seq Reactions

This study was performed to examine if the TUC-Seq or TimeLapse-seq methods alter the RNA quality. Total RNA was isolated from HEK293 cells and treated either with TUC-seq conditions or with TimeLapse-Seq conditions. RNA quality was analyzed by Agilent Bioanalyzer. Results shown in FIG. 28 demonstrate that that RNA quality is not affected by TUC-Seq and by TimeLapse-Seq treatments.

Example 9 TUC-Seq: Model for Single-Cell Sequencing

This study tested if TUC-Seq methodology is applicable to single-cell RNA sequencing. In order to avoid losing RNA from a single cell and streamlining the workflow it is important to couple cell lysis, reverse transcription and library amplification omitting any purification step during this process.

In the first experiment (FIG. 29) results showed that TUC-Seq conditions (the presence of OsO₄ and a relatively high concentration of NH₄Cl) are compatible with the activities of reverse transcriptase and Taq polymerase. 1.5 μg total isolated RNA was dissolved in 10 μl cell Lysis Buffer (containing 0.2% Triton-X-100, 0.455 mM OsO₄, and 182 mM NH₄Cl) and cDNA synthesis was performed immediately using Promega GoScript Kit according to manufacturer's instructions. 2 μl of cDNA was used in PCR to amplify GAPDH transcript.

FIG. 29 shows: lane 1: 2-log DNA ladder (NEB); lane 2: cDNA synthesis and PCR in the presence of Triton and OsO₄/NH₄Cl; lane 3: Reaction in the presence of OsO₄/NH₄Cl but absence of Triton; lane 4: Reaction in the presence of Triton but absence of OsO₄/NH₄Cl; and lane 5: control reaction without Triton and OsO₄/NH₄Cl. Thus, FIG. 29 lanes 2 and 3 show that the presence of OsO₄/NH₄Cl in the cDNA synthesis reaction reduces the efficiency but does not prevent the reaction indicating that the TUC-seq treatment can be combined with conditions of single-cell sequencing library preparation.

A second experiment was also performed to support the compatibility of single-cell sequencing with TUC-Seq (FIG. 30). In this experiment, a model was used in which different numbers of HEK293 cells (i.e. 2000, 1000, 500) were collected and resuspended in 10 μl Lysis Buffer (containing 0.2% Triton-X-100). Cells were incubated at 40° C. for 3 h in the presence or absence of 0.455 mM OsO₄ and 182 mM NH₄Cl in order to allow 4sU to C conversion, then centrifuged at 700×g for 5 min at RT. Supernatant was then transferred into a PCR tube and cDNA synthesis conditions were applied in the presence or absence of reverse transcriptase (Promega) using Promega GoScript Kit according to manufacturer's instructions. 2 μl of cDNA was used in PCR to amplify two different fragments (P1, P2) of the GAPDH transcript. The primers used to amplify these regions allow to amplify cDNA, but not genomic DNA.

FIG. 30 shows a reproduction of an agarose gel showing the results. In FIG. 30A, amplification of the GAPDH P1 fragment is shown. Lanes are as follows: lane 1: 2-log DNA ladder (NEB); lane 2: Control reaction in which OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment was omitted, but reverse transcription was performed; lane 3: Reaction in which OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment was performed, but reverse transcriptase enzyme was not added during the reverse transcription step; lane 4: Reaction in which OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment and reverse transcription were performed with 2000 cells; lanes 5 and 6: Reactions in which OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment and reverse transcription were performed with 1000 and 500 cells respectively. FIG. 30B shows amplification of the GAPDH fragment P2. Lanes were: lane 1: 2-log DNA ladder (NEB); lane 2: control reaction in with HEK293 OsO_(4/)NH₄Cl-treated RNA was used for cDNA synthesis and PCR; lane 3: PCR reaction from lysate of 2000 HEK293 cells untreated with OsO₄/NH₄Cl and reverse transcribed; lane 4: PCR reaction from lysate of 2000 HEK293 cells treated with OsO₄/NH₄Cl but not reverse transcribed; lane 5: PCR reaction from lysate of 2000 HEK293 cells treated with OsO₄/NH₄Cl and reverse transcribed.

FIG. 30A lane 4 and FIG. 30B lane 5 indicate that reverse transcription and PCR steps work efficiently even in the presence of OsO₄ and NH₄Cl (TUC-Seq conditions). A clear band of the expected size (152 bp for P1 and 197 bp for P2) is visible for the GAPDH amplicon in these lanes. Unexpectedly, FIG. 30A lane 2, and FIG. 30B lane 3 show no GAPDH amplification, suggesting that the cells are not lysed efficiently in 0.2% Triton X-100. The lysis is however achieved after OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment (FIG. 30A lane 4 and FIG. 30B lane 5), suggesting that TUC-Seq conditions promote cell lysis. Decreasing the cell input to 1000 or 500 weakens or eliminates the PCR signal (FIG. 30A, lanes 5 and 6) indicating that the amount of input is rate limiting in this experimental protocol. In conclusion, these data indicate not only that reverse transcription and PCR reaction are compatible with the presence of OsO₄ and NH₄Cl in the reaction, but also that OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment increases cell lysis, which is a key aspect in single-cell sequencing. Thus, the results in FIG. 30 strongly support the compatibility of single-cell sequencing library preparation with TUC-Seq.

Example 10 Compatibility of OsO₄/NH₄Cl Treatment with Guanidinium Thiocyanate-Based RNA Isolation

This study was carried out in order to evaluate the efficiency of OsO_(4/)NH₄Cl treatment in converting 4sU into C during the RNA isolation from biological material using guanidinium thiocyanate (one of the main components of TRIzol, TRI Reagent®, and analogue reagents commonly used for RNA isolation). OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment was performed on 4sU-labeled EN-RNA-64 in standard conditions, and in the presence of guanidinium thiocyanate at a concentration of 0.2 mM and 0.9 mM (FIG. 31).

Studies shown in FIG. 31 (both AE-HPLC and ESI-MS data) indicate that OsO₄/NH₄Cl treatment is still able to convert 4sU into C in presence of guanidinium thiocyanate, however the efficiency of the reaction is decreased when guanidinium thiocyanate is added to the reaction. The TUC-Seq reaction efficiency is not further decreased when the concentration of guanidinium thiocyanate added to the reaction is increased from 0.2 to 0.9 mM, suggesting that 4sU to C conversion is still possible at higher guanidinium thiocyanate concentration.

All of the devices and methods disclosed and claimed herein can be made and executed without undue experimentation in light of the present disclosure. While the compositions and methods of this invention have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, it will be apparent to those of skill in the art that variations may be applied to the methods and in the steps or in the sequence of steps of the method described herein without departing from the concept, spirit and scope of the invention. More specifically, it will be apparent that certain agents which are both chemically and physiologically related may be substituted for the agents described herein while the same or similar results would be achieved. All such similar substitutes and modifications apparent to those skilled in the art are deemed to be within the spirit, scope and concept of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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The following references, to the extent that they provide exemplary procedural or other details supplementary to those set forth herein, are specifically incorporated herein by reference.

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What is claimed is:
 1. A method for determining the presence of a thiolated nucleotide in a nucleic acid-containing sample comprising: (a) providing a nucleic acid-containing sample; (b) treating the nucleic acid-containing sample with osmium tetroxide and ammonium chloride to convert the thiolated nucleotide; and (c) detecting the presence of a converted nucleotide in the nucleic acid-containing sample.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid-containing sample comprises RNA.
 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the thiolated nucleotide is 4-thiouridine.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein 4-thiouridine is converted to cytidine.
 5. The method of claim 2, wherein the thiolated nucleotide is 6-thioguanosine.
 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the 6-thioguanosine is converted to 6-hydrazino-2aminopurine-ribonuceloside (6h2Ap).
 7. The method of claim 2, wherein the RNA is total RNA.
 8. The method of claim 2, wherein the RNA is tRNA, rRNA, siRNA, shRNA or miRNA.
 9. The method of claim 2, wherein the RNA is mRNA.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid-containing sample comprises DNA and RNA.
 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid-containing sample is synthetic.
 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid-containing sample is isolated from an organism.
 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the nucleic acid-containing sample is isolated from a eukaryotic organism.
 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the eukaryotic organism is mammalian.
 15. The method of claim 14 wherein the organism is human.
 16. A method for detecting the presence of 4-thiouridine in a bacterial tRNA comprising: (a) isolating total RNA from the bacteria; (b) treating at least a portion of the isolated total RNA with osmium tetroxide and ammonium chloride to convert 4-thiouridine to cytidine; (c) amplifying the tRNA of interest; and (d) detecting the presence or absence of cytosine at the position of a 4-thiouridine in the amplified tRNA of interest.
 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the bacteria are metabolically labeled prior to step (a).
 18. The method of claim 16, wherein the method does not comprise biotinylating the isolated total RNA.
 19. A method for metabolic labelling of a nucleic acid-containing sample in a cell culture comprising: (a) pulse-labeling a cell culture with a thiolated nucleotide; (b) isolating a nucleic acid-containing sample from the cell culture; (c) treating the nucleic acid-containing sample with osmium tetroxide and ammonium chloride to convert the thiolated nucleotide incorporated into the nucleic acid-containing sample into a converted nucleotide; (d) detecting the converted nucleic acid-containing sample; and (e) determining the quantity of converted nucleotides in the converted nucleic acid-containing sample.
 20. The method of claim 19, wherein detecting is by sequencing. 